Labelled MOBILIAS VERKSTÄDER MALMÖ, height 105, seat height 42, width 69 cm.
PROVENANCE
Arvid Svensson, cabinetmaker and foreman at Mobilia from 1916, thence by descent.
HISTORY
The model was designed by Uno Åhrén and was exhibited in the so-called ladies’ salon, together with a chaise longue and a salon table, in the Swedish Pavilion at the Paris Exposition in 1925.
LITERATURE
Compare Eva Rudberg, “Uno Åhrén – a pioneer in 20th-century architecture and urban planning”, The Swedish Council for Building Research, 1981, p. 42.
Svenska Möbler, under femhundra år, ed. Bengt Nyström, Natur & Kultur, 2008, p. 261.
