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Birch Bentwood Easy Chair by Gustav Axel Berg

Creator: Gustav Axel Berg
Offered by: Machine Age

Description
Designed by Gustav Axel Berg, this 1940s lounge chair features an exuberant bentwood birch frame. The seat has been restrapped with vintage cotton webbing.

More Information

Origin:	Sweden
Period:	1920-1949
Materials:	Birch bentwood, Cotton webbing
Condition:	Good. Very good. Newly restrapped with vintage cotton webbing.
Creation Date:	1942
Styles / Movements:	Mid Century, Scandinavian Modern
Incollect Reference #:	141270

Dimensions

W.	24.5 in;	H.	30.5 in;	D.	25 in;
W.	62.23 cm;	H.	77.47 cm;	D.	63.5 cm;

Seat H.	13 in;
Seat H.	33.02 cm;

Message from Seller:

Located in Boston’s up-and-coming Dorchester neighborhood, Machine Age houses New England’s largest collection of twentieth-century furniture, lighting, & objects d’art. For 30 years, we have been offering a comprehensive but highly edited assemblage of American & European pieces from the 1930s through the 1990s. Aesthetically, the work marries modernism’s clarity of line & embrace of experimentation with a refined craftsmanship.