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Gunnar Asplund

( Swedish, 1885 - 1940 )

Writing desk for Verkstadens Exhibition, Liljevalchs, Stockholm 1920

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Materials:

painted grey, four small drawers and two small cabinets, back with secret compartments

Measurements:

35.43 in. (90.00 cm.) (height) by 42.13 in. (107.00 cm.) (width) by 22.05 in. (56.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Literature:

Illustrated, Gunnar Asplund arkitekt: 1885-1940: ritningar, skisser och fotografier, 2, ed., Byggförl., Stockholm, 1981[1943], p, 91, Illustrated, Anne-Marie Ericsson, "Svenskt 1920-tal Konstindustri Konsthantverk", Signum, Lund 1984, p, 48-49 also see Nils G Wollin, Nutida Svensk Konstslöjd i bild, Stockholm 1931, p, 9

Provenance:

This desk was exhibited in Gunnar Asplund "The wife's room" and was acquired by Verkstaden's Exhibition 1920,Previously, stool and floor lamp from the same furnishing were sold at Stockholms Auktionsverk Moderna 2 November 2005 auction number 49 and 50.,

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