Firma Karl Mathsson Sofa Tables

Bruno Mathsson 'Annika' cockail table / side table. It features solid birch wood tapered legs and a burlwood top. The table was manufactured by Dux, ...

Vintage folding table model "Maria Flap" by Bruno Mathsson made in the most beautiful Karelian Birch veneer. Made in 1976 at Karl Mathsson, Värnamo,...

From the Annika series. 1950's. Stamped. Patinated wood. As the descendant of four generations of Swedish master cabinetmakers, Bruno Mathsson was born to design furniture. Mathsson was known as a methodical perfectionist who made usefulness the fundamental attribute of his works, yet he was also a ceaseless experimenter, who constantly searched for improvements in form, materials and methods of making. Like the Finnish designer Alvar Aalto, Mathsson was one of the first Scandinavians to embrace undulating, biomorphic forms in furniture. His early pieces such as the Eva and Pernilla series of chairs incorporate dramatically flowing bent beechwood frames, making them some of the most instantly recognizable works of 20th-century design. Mathsson was also a pioneer of ergonomics — he is said to have based the contours of his chairs on the impression his body made when he sat in a snow bank — and used supple, accommodating woven webbing for seats. His concern for practicality is shown by pieces such as the Maria table. An elegant design with gate legs and hinged leaves, the table measures more than nine feet long when fully extended, but folds down to just nine inches in thickness. From the mid-1940s through the 1950s, Mathsson focused on architecture, designing and building houses with insulated, triple-glazed window walls...

Swedish table "Maria Flap" by Bruno Mathsson, circa 1960. This table is made of teak, with beech legs. The tabletop shows a beautiful grain in the wood. Th...

Extendable side table model Berit designed by Bruno Mathsson. Produced by Firma Karl Mathsson in Värnamo Sweden during the 1950s. Steel base on w...

"Maria Flap" folding dining table by Bruno Mathsson for Firma Karl Mathsson, Sweden, circa 1950s. The ingenious folding design allows many variations. Very good condition. In bea...

“Annika” coffee table by Bruno Mathsson, made from birch with a round root table top. Beautiful curved legs. This is an early edition made in the 1930s, gra...

Early production Annika large coffee table by Bruno Mathsson for Firma Karl Mathsson. This table was designed in 1936 by Bruno and produced in 1937 by firma Karl Mathsson. A wonderfu...

Bruno Mathsson (designer) Karl Mathsson, Värnamo, Sweden (manufacturer) 'Annika' low table, designed 1936. Curly birch top on laminated birch legs. Stamped to underside 'MADE IN SW...

Coffee table by Bruno Mathsson, made from birch. Very low design, with elegantly rounded corners and curved legs.

Folding table model "Maria Flap" designed by Bruno Mathsson in 1936. Produced by Firma Karl Mathsson ca 1950s. Solid beech wood legs and teak veneered table top. Very good vintage co...

Spine table is a series of tables consisting of two components - a thin aluminium sheet captured in a cast resin surface. The series is a result of many ma...