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1970s Karin Mobring "Diana" Leather Safari Chair, Sweden

Creator: Karin Mobring - IKEA
Offered by: FINCH hudson

Description
A classic offering by Karin Mobring who studied under Carl Malmsten and designed furniture with simplicity and practicality. She created the "Diana" safari chair for IKEA in the mid-1970s just as they were expanding outside of Sweden with talented designers. Made in a dark stained and lacquered pinewood square frame with heavy cognac saddle leather seating that is wrapped/strapped to a doweled frame. Sweden 1974. There is a good repair to the leather, straps are not original.

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (exact item)
Origin:	Sweden
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Cognac Saddle Leather
Condition:	Good. normal wear to leather and wood, repair to leather
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Mid Century, Scandinavian Modern
Incollect Reference #:	491957

Dimensions

W.	25.25 in;	H.	27.25 in;	D.	24 in;
W.	64.14 cm;	H.	69.22 cm;	D.	60.96 cm;

Seat H.	15 in;
Seat H.	38.1 cm;

Message from Seller:

FINCH hudson….. a unique and expertly curated collection of vintage and modern goods for the home – a spirit of timelessness and quality that combines the Hudson Valley’s centuries long tradition of local goods made by hand and made well with a spirit of space and living…not tethered to a single time or specific fashion. Its an understanding that a lifestyle is a collection that implicitly values the modern’s place with the traditional and that style is the union of good pieces

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