an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
White painted steel frame, seat and back in mahogany with leather upholstery, plate marked: Karmstol Stockholm 30 av Gunnar Asplund Upplaga 50 ex. numrerade från 1/50 - 50/50 Producerad av Källemo i samarbete med Asplundstiftelsen 2009 and numbered 9/50. Height 78.5 cm, seat height 45 cm.
Minor wear and stains.
Designed for the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930, where it was displayed in the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design's booth. In consultation with the Asplund Foundation, Källemo produced the armchair in a limited reissued edition in 2009.
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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