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Armchair ‘Eva High’ Designed by Bruno Mathsson for Karl Mathsson, Sweden, 1960

Name: Armchair ‘Eva High’ Designed by Bruno Mathsson for Karl Mathsson, Sweden, 1960
Brand: Bruno Mathsson
Price: 4966.01 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Armchair ‘Eva High’ designed by Bruno Mathsson for Karl Mathsson, Sweden, 1960. Birch framing, braided leather upholstery and a textile neck pillow. Stamped. Measurements: H: 110 cm / 3' 7 1/4'' W: 60 cm / 23 1/2'' D: 73 cm / 2' 4 3/4'' SH: 35 cm / 13 3/4'' AH: 60 cm / 23 1/2'' With its characteristically curved legs and armrests, this iconic chair model "Eva" exemplifies Swedish functionalism. The comfortable seat is composed of beautifully patinated plaited leather straps — "Eva" in leather was only introduced in the 1960s. While the design aesthetic is delicate, the chair is very well-made and sturdy because of the strong plywood. Bruno Mathsson’s love for nature pervades all his designs — he frequently slept outside in the forest or his garden on a specially designed foldable bed. His furniture shapes, particularly the legs, bring bull's horns or insects to mind. Mathsson was one of the most important Swedish designers of the 20th century. He was a contemporary of Alvar Aalto and Marcel Breuer, all of whom had already experimented with bent plywood during the 1930s. Karl Mathsson, Bruno Mathsson's father, was the fifth generation in a family of master cabinet makers. He owned a furniture manufacturing company that produced the earlier pieces; later, they founded "Mathsson International". The stamp indicates the manufacturing date and, sometimes, the design date. Bruno Mathsson often gave his furniture Swedish woman's names like "Eva", "Pernilla", or "Annika".

Creator:

Bruno Mathsson (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 43.31 in (110 cm)Width: 23.63 in (60 cm)Depth: 28.75 in (73 cm)Seat Height: 13.78 in (35 cm)

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Birch,Leather,Textile

Place of Origin:

Sweden

Period:

Mid-20th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1960

Condition:

Seller Location:

Stockholm, SE

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU1006631542092

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As the descendant of four generations of Swedish master cabinetmakers, Bruno Mathsson was born to design furniture. Mathsson was known as a methodical perfectionist who made usefulness the fundamental attribute of his iconic lounge chairs, tables, armchairs and other works, yet he was also a ceaseless experimenter, who constantly searched for improvements in form, materials and methods of design.

Like the Finnish designer Alvar Aalto, Mathsson was one of the first Scandinavians to embrace undulating, biomorphic forms in furniture. His early pieces such as the Eva and Pernilla series of chairs incorporate dramatically flowing bent beechwood frames, making them some of the most instantly recognizable works of 20th-century design.

Mathsson was also a pioneer of ergonomics — he is said to have based the contours of his chairs on the impression his body made when he sat in a snow bank — and used supple, accommodating woven webbing for seats. His concern for practicality is shown by pieces such as the Maria table. An elegant design with gate legs and hinged leaves, the table measures more than nine feet long when fully extended, but folds down to just nine inches in thickness.

From the mid-1940s through the 1950s, Mathsson focused on architecture, designing and building houses with insulated, triple-glazed window walls and heated floors — construction that flew in the face of traditional wood-clad Swedish residential design, and consequently met with some skepticism. He returned to furniture in the 1960s, employing an entirely new suite of materials: Stainless-steel framing and mesh seats feature in pieces like the Jetson chair; with the mathematician Piet Hein, Mathsson designed the Super-Elliptical table, which has a laminate top and four-part tubular steel legs that sprout like flower stems from a single base.

Bruno Mathsson’s stylistic flexibility as a designer made him a creator whose pieces meet all tastes and needs.

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