SOFA , "Impala", Gillis Lundgren for IKEA, 1972.
Length 205, height 54, depth in total 104 cm. Seating height 25 cm.
Wear due to age and use. Dirty. Stains.
Provenance
Tillverkad av Bröderna Granstrand, Skillingaryd, för IKEA. Endast saluförd under år 1972.
Literature
"STAFFAN: Personally, I´m impressed with the magnificent Impala sofa.
GILLIS: Ingvar and I made a bet. Ingvar said Impala would only sell 5 pieces. He was really sceptical. We wagared a bottle of whiskey. The sofa turned out to be a bestseller, and was manufactured in Skillingaryd by the brothers Granstrand. Ingvar slunk in dragging that whiskey bottle. But Impala was already discontinued by the next year - it was just too expensive to make."
Ur: Staffan Bengtsson, "IKEA - the book", Arvinius Förlag AB, 2010, s 20, 21.
Modellen även avbildad i mittuppslag, sid 14, 15.