FÅTÖLJ, "Arbetsstol no 41", Bruno Mathsson, Firma Karl Mathsson, Värnamo 1941.
Stomme av bok i böjträ. Sits av naturfärgad sadelgjord. Etikettmärkt Komp. 1940 Bruno Mathsson Tillv. 41 Karl Mathsson och påskrift för hand BM och KM (signerad för hand av Bruno Mathssons far Karl Mathsson och eventuellt också av Bruno Mathsson). Även brännmärkt MADE IN SWEDEN och designed by BRUNO MATHSSON. Höjd 84 cm, sitthöjd 41 cm.
Slitage. Sadelgjorden ersatt, men sannolikt häftad med originalspik.
Detta är ett tidigt exemplar av denna fåtölj. Den är formgiven 1940 och tillverkad 1941.
Bruno Mathsson (1907-1988) is one of Sweden's most prominent furniture designers. Having a father who worked as a master carpenter, Mathsson learned about furniture carpentry at an early age, which he later benefited from in his profession as a designer. The "Grasshopper" chair was the first that Bruno Mathsson designed in 1931 - on behalf of Värnamo hospital. It was made of bent-glued beech with saddle girth upholstery and had an ergonomic shape. However, neither patients nor staff at the infirmary appreciated the chair. Nowadays, the "Grasshopper" is considered a design classic.
A few years later, Mathsson exhibited his furniture at a separate exhibition at the Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet in Gothenburg, and in 1937 he participated in the Paris World Fair.
Mathsson's furniture is now considered timeless design classics that combine style with comfort. Some of his most famous pieces of furniture are the armchairs "Jetson", which are produced for Dux, "Pernilla 3", and "Karin" and the table "Superellips", designed together with Piet Hein.