an armchair model nr 266, Svenskt Tenn Sweden 1930s. Alva & Gunnar Myrdal Collection.
Rounded back, upholstered with a cream-coloured fabric, blackened wooden feet. Height 57 cm, width 74 cm, seat height ca 39 cm.
Wear.
Alva & Gunnar Myrdal. Thence by descent.
Ed. Stig M. H:son Björkman, "Svenska Hem i Ord och Bilder" 1938, Spectator, an article about the Myrdal home, in a villa by the Swedish modernist architect Sven Markelius, pp 231-236, pictures pp 232-233
In the Svenskt Tenn archives this armchair has model nr 266 and is designed ca 1930-1932. No designer is mentioned in the archive but this model has been referred to as designed by Trägårdh. At the time, prior to Josef Frank's arrival to Sweden, it was primarily Björn Trägårdh and Uno Åhrén who designed the pieces of furniture produced for Svenskt Tenn.
Family anecdote:
"The armchair by Björn Trägårdh was always a part of our living room and together with the Uno Åhrén pewter top table first and foremost remembered as a place for having a talk over a coffee. The Myrdal daughters, Sissel and Kaj and later their children often turned the armchair over on its back and played it was as a cradle".