Carl Westman, a pair of stained pine chairs, Sweden ca 1910.
Pierced back panel, loose padded seat (later, different upholstery). Height 92.5 cm, seat height ca 44.5 cm.
Wear.
This set of furniture designed by Carl Westman was probably ordered directly by the son of the entrepreneur Erik Lundberg for the interior of his office in the newly erected villa from 1912 on the island of Lilla Ekholmen near Vaxholm in the Stockholm archipelago.
Drawings for several of the pieces of furniture included in this suite are in the collections of the National Museum.in Stockholm.
Gunilla Lundahl, "Karaktär och känsla -Ett sekel med Svensk Hemslöjd (Character and Feeling A Century with Swedish Handicraft)", Raster Förlag 2001. See image p. 87 from the Swedish Handicraft exhibition in 1912, showcasing "Suite C" - a gentleman's room (however incorrectly attributed to Lars Israel Wahlman).