Gunnar Asplund
STOLAR, ett par, Gunnar Asplund, Bodafors, 1935.
Mahogny samt textilklädd, stoppad sits. Broschyr/affisch för Andreas Eriksson Collection medföljer.
Slitage, torrsprickor, lagningar.
Literature
Exposition Internationale de Paris 1937 Suede Guide Illustré, sid 59.
Tidskriften Form, nr 7 1937, sid 175.
Svenska stolar av Dan Gordon, sid 87.
More information
Formgivna för Bredenberg Restaurang, Bredenbergs, Stockholm.
Designer
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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