Gunnar Asplund
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a Swedish Grace birch sideboard, 1910- 1920's
Birch veneer, front with two cabinet doors and four drawers, height 74 cm, width 114 cm, depth 49 cm. Key included.
Wear and damages.
Provenance
Gunnar Asplund, thence by descent.
This sideboard was designed by Asplund for his own home and has since then remained in the Asplund family.
Designer
Gunnar Asplund is considered one of the most significant and leading architects during the interwar period, both in Sweden and internationally. Asplund is seen as one of the foremost representatives of 1920s Nordic classicism, with the Skandia Theatre (1922) and the Stockholm Public Library (1928) as prominent examples. He was also one of the pioneers of functionalism, which he introduced in Sweden with the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930, where he was the chief architect.
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