"Pernilla" Easy Chair

Designer Bruno Mathsson Swedish

Manufacturer Karl Mathsson, Varnamo

1941

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Artwork Details

Title: "Pernilla" Easy Chair
Designer: Bruno Mathsson (Swedish, Värnamo 1907–1988 Värnamo)
Manufacturer: Karl Mathsson, Varnamo
Date: 1941
Medium: Beechwood, cotton webbing
Dimensions: 36 1/2 × 25 1/4 × 38 in., 16 lb. (92.7 × 64.1 × 96.5 cm, 7.3 kg)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit Line: Gift of Lord & Taylor, 1982
Object Number: 1982.397.1
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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