No connection to server
356
1595109

Bruno Mathsson

(Sweden, 1907-1988)
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 650 - 3 530 EUR
2 730 - 3 640 USD
Hammer price
80 000 SEK
Purchasing info
Image rights

The artworks in this database are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced without the permission of the rights holders. The artworks are reproduced in this database with a license from Bildupphovsrätt.

For condition report contact specialist
Karl Green
Stockholm
Karl Green
Specialist Modern and Contemporary Decorative Art & Design
+46 (0)700 07 94 25
Bruno Mathsson
(Sweden, 1907-1988)

a birch and ash shelf, Firma Karl Mathsson, Värnamo, 1950s.

Length 177 cm, depth 30 cm, height 93 cm.

Wear, marks, a bar at the top with some drilled holes, a few nuts replaced.

Provenance

Sven Lundh (1925-2015), founder of Källemo. Acquired for the house on Backegårdsgatan in Värnamo designed by Bruno Mathsson in 1955.

Designer

Bruno Mathsson (1907-1988) is one of Sweden's most prominent furniture designers. Having a father who worked as a master carpenter, Mathsson learned about furniture carpentry at an early age, which he later benefited from in his profession as a designer. The "Grasshopper" chair was the first that Bruno Mathsson designed in 1931 - on behalf of Värnamo hospital. It was made of bent-glued beech with saddle girth upholstery and had an ergonomic shape. However, neither patients nor staff at the infirmary appreciated the chair. Nowadays, the "Grasshopper" is considered a design classic.


A few years later, Mathsson exhibited his furniture at a separate exhibition at the Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet in Gothenburg, and in 1937 he participated in the Paris World Fair.


Mathsson's furniture is now considered timeless design classics that combine style with comfort. Some of his most famous pieces of furniture are the armchairs "Jetson", which are produced for Dux, "Pernilla 3", and "Karin" and the table "Superellips", designed together with Piet Hein.

Read more