Karl Mathsson Tables

Rare side / magazine table designed by Bruno Mathsson. Produced by Karl Mathsson in Värnamo, Sweden.

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...

Gorgeous Bruno Mathsson Gate Leg Table. Refinished in Driftwood Grey.

A round curly birch-veneered “Annika” coffee table designed by Bruno Mathsson and produced by Dux in Sweden. The table has a light, functional form with a circular top and slender, t...

“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...

Occasional table ‘Annika’ designed by Bruno Mathsson for Karl Mathsson, Sweden. 1967. Birch and Oregon pine top. Stamped. This round “Annika” oc...

We offer this "Annika" coffee table designed by Bruno Mathsson, the table is composed of three elegantly sculpted birch legs which anchor the circular, teak top. The detail, richness...

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

Occasional table in Karelian and flame birch. Designed by Bruno Mathsson in 1936 for his fathers furniture company Firma Karl Mathsson. This table is dated 1974.       

Occasional table ‘Annika’ designed by Bruno Mathsson for Karl Mathsson Sweden, 1970 Birch. H: 35 cm / 1' 1 3/4" Dia: 55 cm / 1' 9 5/8"

Birch. Measure: H: 50.5 cm / 20’’ D: 84.5 cm / 2’ 9 1/2’’.

A refined side table by Bruno Mathsson, designed in 1968, showcasing his signature balance of lightness and structural clarity. The round tabletop in teak veneer rests on elegantly c...