Ludvig Pontoppidan, Sofa, Wood, Fabric, Denmark, 1950s

A curved wood and red fabric sofa designed and produced in Denmark, c. 1950s. Dimensions: 33.5” H x 73” W x 43” D All upholstered furniture can be reupholstered upon request for an...

An organic red fabric and wood sofa designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1940s. Dimensions: 36.25” H x 73.5” W x 31.25” D Seat Height: 16.25”  All upholstered furniture can be reup...

A green fabric and dark-stained wood sofa designed by Carl Cederholm and produced by Stil & Form, Sweden, 1940s. Seat height 17”.

A dark-stained wood and beige fabric sofa designed and produced in Finland, c. 1940s. Seat height 17”.

Designed in the early phase of what we know today as mid-century modern, this charming sofa is a unique example of how traditional Swedish craftsmanship was brought into modernism. A...

This three-seater sofa was made by the Swedish manufacturer Bröderna Anderssons during the 1950s. The sofa is upholstered with a high-quality material in a noble red color. It is an ...

Svensk design, “Swedish design”, is unquestionably a conventional and popular branding device, with many companies explicitly promoting their products as examples of god design, “good design”. But svensk design does not simply represent “good” design made in Sweden, it also projects a powerful, concrete rendering of a sort of essentialized “Swedishness” embedded in objects, such as this sofa. Rounded out lines, unexpected curvature and innovative shapes from every angle define the design of this model. The aesthetic recalls classic English upholstered furniture...

Designed in the early phase of what we know today as mid-century modern, this charming sofa is a unique evidence of how traditional Swedish craftsmanship was brought into modernism. ...