a pair of Swedish Grace stools, Sparreholms Snickerifabrik 1920s.
Stained birch, legs with turned decoration. Length 52 cm, width 37 cm, height 47 cm.
Wear, repairs, minor damage.
Architect Bertil Stenby (1899-1975), Samseryd Manor, Gislaved Municipality, Småland.
Stenby was involved in the construction of Stockholm City Hall in the early 1920s, where Sidney Gibson was responsible for the design of several pieces of furniture.
Thence by descent to the current owner.
Erik Wettergren, "L’art Décoratif Moderne en Suède", Malmö Museum 1925, compare p. 167.
Ernst Fischer, "Svenska möbler i bild", Natur och kultur 1950, compare p. 131.
At the Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition of 1923, several pieces of furniture designed by Sidney Gibson were displayed, including two types of stools with turned legs. The present stools are a somewhat rationalized variant of one of these exhibited models.