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Karin Mobring Swedish Safari Chair, Stained Pine & Saddle Leather, c1977

IKEA
Offered by: FINCH hudson

Description
Becoming the first women to be listed as a designer for the Swedish firm Möbel - IKEA in 1966. She was part of the new vanguard of furniture designers that IKEA brought in as they expanded out of Scandinavian countries to include all of Europe stating in the early 1970s. Karin was a trained architect and worked under Carl Malmston. The "Natura" chair is her most famous, designed in 1977, and is made in solid stained pinewood square frame that is covered in heavy saddle leather that is strapped to the underside. Beautiful stitching. This chair is possibly done later in the style of the Natura. Some staining to leather seat and general wear,

More Information

In the Style of:	Karin Mobring
Origin:	Sweden
Period:	1980-1999
Materials:	Saddle Leather & Pine
Condition:	Good. Some staining to leather seat and general wear,
Creation Date:	1980
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Mid Century, Scandinavian Modern
Incollect Reference #:	508930

Dimensions

W.	28.5 in;	H.	29.125 in;	D.	26 in;
W.	72.39 cm;	H.	73.98 cm;	D.	66.04 cm;

Seat H.	14 in;
Seat H.	35.56 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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