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 was one of the most significant architects of his time in Sweden. Asplund represented Nordic Classicism in the 1920s and was a pioneer of Functionalism, which he helped introduce through the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930. His most important works include the Stockholm City Library and the Woodland Cemetery, which he designed with Sigurd Lewerentz.
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