89
Carl Hörvik
Important and rare set of six dining chairs, designed for the architect Carl Åkerblad, Stockholm
- Estimate
- £25,000 - 35,000
Lot Details
Ebonised painted birch, cane.
1923
Each: 88.5 x 48.6 x 49.5 cm (34 7/8 x 19 1/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
Executed by cabinetmaker Bryngel Lindbäck for Carlsson, Tomtebogatan, Stockholm. From the production of 12.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The present model is in the permanent collections of The National Museum and The Nordic Museum in Stockholm. Two chairs from the production of twelve were included in the ‘Swedish Exhibition of Industrial Art’, Dorland House, London, 17 March–22 April 1931. The suite formed a total of twelve dining chairs, dining table, centre table (lot 92), and a sideboard. Phillips wishes to thank Thomas Ekström for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
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