Axel Larsson
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a pair of bookcases, Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, for the Stockholm Exhibition 1930.
Birch, labelled Stockholmsutställningen 1930. Hall 36, Vån. 1/13A/13B, Märke, Färg 24‑27/29-13 S.M.F Bodafors. Length 90 cm, depth 28 cm, height 78.5 cm.
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Provenance
Auditor Eric Granat (1895‑1976) and concert singer Néa Hedberg-Granat, acquired at the Stockholm Exhibition 1930.
Exhibitions
Stockholm Exhibition 1930, hall 36 Rental Apartments.
Literature
Catalogue, "Stockholmsutställningen 1930 av konstindustri, konsthantverk och hemslöjd: Specialkatalog över bostadsavdelningen", Utställningsförlaget 1930, model illustrated in an advertisement (n.p.).
Gustaf Munthe, "Moderna Möbler", Natur och Kultur 1931, compare pl. 26.
Sigrid Eklund Nyström, "Axel Larsson: Möbelformgivare och inredningsarkitekt under fem decennier", Carlsson 2013, model illustrated p. 60.
More information
The model was subsequently offered in SMF's range of series furniture under model number 914. Firma Svenskt Tenn in Stockholm also offered the model in a black-stained variant.
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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