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Bruno Mathsson

(Sweden, 1907-1988)
Bruno Mathsson
(Sweden, 1907-1988)

Bruno Mathsson, a set of four arm chairs, "Minette"/"Mi 423". Mathsson International AB, 1970s.

Seat height 44, height 84 cm.

Minor wear. Marks on the upholstery.

Literature

”I början av 60-talet konstruerade Bruno Mathsson tillsammans
med den danske matematikern Piet Hein, som tagit fram superellipsformen
– ett mellanting mellan rektangel och ellips – för Sergels
torg i Stockholm, den superellipsformade bordsskivan och spännbenet,
en smäcker benkonstruktion i förkromat rundstål som med
ett enkelt handgrepp fäster i beslag under skivan. För att producera
och marknadsföra denna nya bordstyp bildades 1964 Mathsson
International AB (MIAB) i Värnamo, ett fristående företag.”
Då Form Design Center i Malmö 1978 visade delar ur Bruno
Mathssons då drygt 40-åriga formgivargärning uppmärksammade
Britt Olander samma år detta i femte numret av Form (artikeln bar
titeln Bruno Mathsson – 50 år som formgivare). Något Superellips-bord
syntes dock inte på utställningen men väl flera av de, enligt Olanders
tycke, ”flexibla, avslappade och statusfria chefs- och konferensstolar,
kopplingsbara och stapelbara stolar” som Mathsson formgivit för Bruno
Mathsson International AB.
Under 1970-talet intresserade sig Bruno Mathsson för underreden
med medar. Under decenniets andra hälft lanserades nya stolar och
fåtöljer med ramverk av böjlimmad bok. Likt här avbildade Minette
och Migo var några av dem med medar.
Utan armlän salufördes Minette med beteckning Mi 421.
Från 1 februari 1978 övertog Dux Möbel AB produktion och marknadsföring
av Firma Karl Mathssons modeller.

ur: Siesing, Andreas: Svenska 70-talsmöbler: I plast, stål, furu och manchester 1969-1980, Lindelöws förlag, sid 543.

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.

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