GUNNAR ASPLUND, a set of 10 chairs for Gemla 1930/40's
Bestad bok med snörsits, flertalet märkta med metallbricka "GEMLA DIÖ Gemla Fabrikers A.B. DIÖ", sitthöjd ca 45, höjd ca 86 cm
Wear commensurate with age and use. Scratches. Marks.
Modellen visades på Stockholmsutställningen 1930 i hallen för seriemöbler. Modellen, som även fanns som gung- och karmstol, ingick i en större möbelkollektion med ca 60 nummer som ritats av Gunnar Asplund, Uno Åhrén m fl för Gemla till Stockholmsutställningen 1930.
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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