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Early Bruno Mathsson model 36 easy chair

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Among the earliest of Bruno Mathsson's designs is this rare model 36 easy chair. It features interesting details that were changed in later production. The legs are uniform in thickness rather than tapered and the stretchers are low on the legs near the floor. This example has a beech frame and has been restored with a lovely sage green leather. It is hand signed and dated on the label. With remarkable comfort afforded by the ergonomic design, the chair is perfect for reading and relaxing. Literature: "Bruno Mathsson Architect and Designer" Widman, Winter, Stritzler-Levine. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture 2007

Creator:

Bruno Mathsson (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 30.5 in (77.47 cm)Width: 22.5 in (57.15 cm)Depth: 40.5 in (102.87 cm)

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Beech,Leather

Place of Origin:

Sweden

Period:

1930-1939

Date of Manufacture:

1936

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. New leather, frame shows light wear from age and use.

Seller Location:

Highland, IN

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU9091761801

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Bruno Mathsson

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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