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Carl Westman

(Sweden, 1866-1936)
Estimate
25 000 - 30 000 SEK
2 230 - 2 670 EUR
2 240 - 2 690 USD
Hammer price
20 000 SEK
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Eva Seeman
Stockholm
Eva Seeman
Chief Specialist Modern and Contemporary Decorative art and design
+46 (0)708 92 19 69
Carl Westman
(Sweden, 1866-1936)

a beech chair, Sweden ca 1905-15.

Height 92 cm, width 65 cm, seat height 45 cm.

Wear, minor reinforcement underneath.

Provenance

Probably acquired in Gothenburg around 1913-14, possibly at "Konstfliten"

Literature

Dan Gordan, "Svenska Stolar och deras formgivare 1901-2001", Byggförlaget, Stockholm, 2002. See similar model executed ca 1905 p 21.
Ed. Monica Boman, "Svenska Möbler 1890-1990", Bokförlaget Signum, Lund 1991, p 96 compare the drawing for the chairs in the Stockholm Townhall.

Designer

Carl Westman was a Swedish architect and interior designer. Westman started his own architectural practice in 1897 and during the first years he designed private villas and furniture inspired by the design language of the Arts and Crafts movement. Westman's largest and most famous work is Stockholm's Town Hall (1911–15). He also designed the Röhsska museum building in Gothenburg (1910–1914). Westman was an early adopter of the National Romantic Style, but turned later to the neo-classical style of the 1920s.

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