Josef Frank, a model 637 chair, Firma Svenskt Tenn, prior to 1985.
Frame of walnut with upholstered back and seat. Red leather upholstery attached with decorative pearl nails. Seat height 40, width 55, height 100 cm.
Kulumaa. Vaurioita. Tahroja. Jälkiä. Jälkiä.
Marlene Ott-Wodni, "Josef Frank 1885-1967 Spatial Design and Furniture Design", 2015, compare p. 334.
Anita Du Rietz, "Everyday Beauty: Estrid Ericson and Svenskt Tenn", 2018, the model depicted from Svenskt Tenn's autumn exhibition 1944 p. 204.
Formgiven år 1936.
Josef Frank was born in Austria and studied architecture in Vienna. As an architect, he worked with private home areas, villas and apartment buildings. In 1925 he started his own interior design firm Haus und Garten together with two architect colleagues. In connection with the advance of the Nazis, he emigrated to Sweden and was employed in 1934 at Svenskt Tenn. After the outbreak of World War II, Josef Frank, who came from a Jewish family, was forced into exile in New York. At Svenskt Tenn, he made an impact on the product range for four decades; especially when it comes to furniture and fabric prints.
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