A late Gustavian open armchair, Stockholm circa 1800.
Painted in gray with bronzed details. Decorated with a laurel staff and corner fleurons. Leaf-wrapped front legs with fluted decoration; saber-shaped back legs. Seat height 44 cm, back height 84 cm.
Minor wear. Some loss of color. Marks. Reinforcements. Later bronzing. Later painting.
Provenance
From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943-2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915-1976).
Dan Axel Broström was the third-generation ship-owner in the prestigious Broström Company group. When he took over the firm in 1949 they had 18 000 employees.
The Canadian model and geologist Heidi was Dan-Axel Broströms third wife, the couple lived at the fashionable Särö, a few miles south of Gothenburg.
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