Hans Asplund
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a walnut and leather easy chair, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1955, for the Nordiska Kompaniet beauty salon.
Contoured legs and armrests, upholstered with brown leather. Height 89 cm, width 54 cm, seat height 41.5 cm.
Reupholstered, one armrest slightly loose, wear, brass nails missing on one side of the backrest.
Provenance
Architect Hans Asplund (1921-1994).
Thence by descent to his son, diplomat and UN ambassador Bo Asplund (1950-2024).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Ingegerd Henschen & Stig Blomberg, "Svenskt Möbellexikon", Förlagshuset Norden AB 1961, pp. 162-163.
Filippo Alison, "Erik Gunnar Asplund - Mobili e oggetti", Electa Publishing 1985, pp. 44, 45 illustrated and mentioned.
More information
Designed for the beauty salon at the Nordiska Kompaniet department store on Hamngatan in Stockholm. The chair was reportedly produced solely for the salon in a few examples.
Designer
Hans Asplund was a Swedish architect and professor, the son of architect Gunnar Asplund. Today, he is probably best known for the civic centre in Eslöv and the extension of the department store Nordiska Kompaniet (1953-63) in Stockholm. Hans Asplund was also an author and debater, wrote the book "Farewell to Functionalism," and coined the term "New Brutalism."
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