Swedish designer Bruno Mathsson (1907-1988) belongs to the pioneers of Scandinavian furniture art, renowned for his experiments in his work with laminated bentwood. Preoccupied with finding the perfect sitting curve Mathsson worked with a highly developed laminating technique, giving him a freer hand in regards to the plasticity of the wood. In his careful analyses of comfort he turned away from traditional upholstery and covered his single piece frames of contoured bentwood with plaited webbing in canvas or leather.
Bruno Mathsson
Swedish designer Bruno Mathsson (1907-1988) belongs to the pioneers of Scandinavian furniture art, renowned for his experiments in his work with laminated bentwood. Preoccupied with finding the perfect sitting curve Mathsson worked with a highly developed laminating technique, giving him a freer hand in regards to the plasticity of the wood. In his careful analyses of comfort he turned away from traditional upholstery and covered his single piece frames of contoured bentwood with plaited webbing in canvas or leather.
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Bruno Mathsson
€8,000.00Designed 1941 Literature: Dag Widman, Karin Winter & Nina Stritzler-Levine: ‘Bruno Mathsson’, Bokförlaget Arena 2006
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Bruno Mathsson
€14,000.00Designed 1936 Literature: Dag Widman, Karin Winter & Nina Stritzler-Levine: 'Bruno Mathsson', Bokförlaget Arena 2006, pp. 24-25
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Bruno Mathsson
Designed in 1936 for the 1937 edition of The Pairs Expo Literature: Dag Widman, Karin Winter & Nina Stritzler-Levine, ’Bruno Mathsson’, Bokförlaget Arena 2006, p. 59
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Bruno Mathsson
€3,500.00Designed 1940 and made in 1941 Literature: Dag Widman, Karin Winter & Nina Stritzler-Levine, ’Bruno Mathsson’, Bokförlaget Arena 2006, pp. 78-79
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Bruno Mathsson
€14,000.00Designed in 1936 for the 1937 edition of The Paris Expo, this example manufactured 1937 Literature: Dag Widman, Karin Winter & Nina Stritzler-Levine, ’Bruno Mathsson’, Bokförlaget Arena 2006, p. 59
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Bruno Mathsson
€4,800.00Designed 1936, this example dated 1946 Literature: Dag Widman, Karin Winter & Nina Stritzler-Levine, ’Bruno Mathsson’, Bokförlaget Arena 2006, p. 46