Axel Larsson
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a pair of armchairs, Svenska Möbelfabrikerna Bodafors. This model was exhibited at the Stockholm Exhibition 1930.
Frame in birch veneer, seat with Knoll springs, seat and back with later upholstery in blue velvet, seat height 47 cm, height 83.
Reupholstered.
Exhibitions
The model was shown in Apartment no. 9 by David Dahl, at the Stockholm Exhibition 1930.
Literature
Eklund Nyström, Sigrid, Axel Larsson: möbelformgivare och inredningsarkitekt under fem decennier, Carlsson, Stockholm, 2013, p. 52.
Stockholmsutställningen 1930 av konstindustri, konsthantverk och hemslöjd: specialkatalog över bostadsavdelningen, 2. tr., Utställningsförlaget, Stockholm, 1930, p. 274.
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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