Chaise Longue: "Pernilla"

Chaise Longue: "Pernilla"

Bruno MathssonWW-1960-127403
1960·Bent plywood or beechwood, with hemp webbing·88.6 × 170 × 63 cm (34 7/8 × 66 7/8 × 24 11/16 in.)

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Year
1960
Dimensions
88.6 × 170 × 63 cm (34 7/8 × 66 7/8 × 24 11/16 in.)

Artist

Bruno Mathsson
Bruno Mathsson

Bruno Mathsson was a Swedish furniture designer and architect whose molded plywood and laminated wood forms defined Scandinavian modernism in the postwar era. Working primarily in the 1940s and onward, he created organic, flowing furniture pieces that prioritized comfort and craft over geometric severity. His bent-wood chairs and tables, produced through innovative lamination techniques, became exemplars of functionalist design that balanced industrial production with handmade sensibility.

Värnamo, Sweden

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Year
1960
Dimensions
88.6 × 170 × 63 cm (34 7/8 × 66 7/8 × 24 11/16 in.)
Watts ID
WW-1960-127403

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Source
aic
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Artist

Bruno Mathsson

Bruno Mathsson

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