Karl Mathsson Side Tables

Side table / folding table, model "Berit", designed by Bruno Mathsson in the 1960s for Mathsson International AB. Table top of beautiful masur birch with chrome plated legs on wheels...

Brutalist solid wood side table , 1970s

“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...

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

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

Rare birch coffee or side table by Bruno Mathsson, Sweden. The slim curved legs are significant for Mathsson’s designs and add to the elegance of this table. Condition: Very good c...

1950s Side table by Bruno Mathsson for Firma Karl Mathsson, Värnamo, Sweden. Designed in 1942 the table have the signature curvy legs that also features in many of Bruno Mathsson des...

Bruno Mathsson for Firma Karl Mathsson, coffee table model 'Annika', birch, Sweden, 1966 Beautiful and elegant coffee table designed by Bruno Mathsson. This Annika coffee table has ...

Bruno Mathsson for Karl Mathsson, coffee table, model 'Annika', ash, Sweden, 1950s. This coffee table, named 'Annika', is complemented with bent plywood with ash veneer legs executed in a fluently curved and tapered manner. These light legs are elegant and give this piece its unique appearance. The top is exquisite, the rounded edges really finish the table beautifully. Simple yet very tasteful, a great piece to furnish your living room or lobby. This table is the large version of the two models with a diameter of 105 cm (41.34"). Bruno Mathsson (1907-1988) was born in Sweden as the son of a cabinetmaker. His interest in architecture and furniture design developed early in his life. From his first designs on Mathsson was eager to use new, innovative techniques and soon became specialist in bending of laminated wood. In 1937, he was represented at Expo Paris where he won the Grand Prix for his bed called ‘Paris’. This Expo helped Mathsson to get known worldwide. The manager of the MoMA design department got interested in his designs and started to collect and exhibit his pieces. Moreover, he did collaborations per example with Piet Hein and together they developed the ‘Superellipse’ table...

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...

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.       

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