Axel Larsson
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a pair of armchairs, model "244", for Svenska Möbelfabrikerna Bodafors, Sweden 1940-50's.
Red beech and teak, brass details, maker's mark Bodafors Design Axel Larsson, height 71 cm.
Minor wear.
Exhibitions
The model was placed in the KTH schools' music room, Stockholm 1949-50. See picture.
Literature
Form: Svenska slöjdföreningens tidskrift, Svenska slöjdföreningen, Stockholm, 1949, p. 54.
Eklund Nyström, Sigrid, Axel Larsson: möbelformgivare och inredningsarkitekt under fem decennier, Carlsson, Stockholm, 2013, p. 142.
Gordan, Dan, Svenska stolar och deras formgivare 1899 till idag, Norstedts, Stockholm, 2019, p. 145.
More information
This model was designed in 1948.
Designer
Axel Larsson was a prominent Swedish furniture architect with a career that spanned more than 50 years. At the age of 25, he was employed by Svenska Möbelfabrikerna in Bodafors at the Stockholm office, where he worked for three decades. Larsson made his big debut at the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930, where he presented his first furniture series. This series distinguished itself by combining modernism with Swedish traditions. Between the years 1956-1975, Larsson ran his own business while continuing to work for Svenska Möbelfabrikerna in Bodafors. In addition to having designed countless pieces of furniture, he carried out many significant interior design assignments. These include the Gothenburg Concert Hall, the Park Avenue Hotel in Gothenburg and the Folksamhuset at Skanstull in Stockholm.
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