Cabinet on Stand "Flora" Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn
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Cabinet on stand "Flora" designed by Josef Frank for peacefulness and get rid of the disturbing aspect of pure Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Herman Czech and Svenskt Tenn, functional form." Sebastian Hackenschmidt, Josef Frank: Against Design, Sweden. 1930's. A perfect example of this ideology is the presented Flora The Architect's Anti-Formalist Oeuvre, exh. cat., cabinet. For this project, Frank used hand-coloured Vienna, 2015, p. 310 botanical paper prints from Carl Lindman's book 'Bilder Cia Wedin, "Florabyrå Linné", Stockholm 2007, p. Mahogany, oak and hand coloured paper. ur Nordens Flora', which he then delicately applied onto 44-45. the mahogany front of the piece. The contrast between Kristina Wängberg-Eriksson, Jan Christer Eriksson, H: 143 cm/ 4' 8 1/2" the delicate floral motifs and heavy wooden form instils "Josef Frank Möbelformgivaren", Talinn 2014, K71. W: 117 cm/ 3' 10" the cabinet with a light, playful and organic sense. Drawing dated 1938. D: 42,5 cm/ 16 1/2" Contrasting materials evoke an echo of the past, but Cia Wedin, "Florabyrå Linné", Stockholm 2007, p. create an indisputably modern piece. 44-45. Together with Estrid Ericson and her furnishing Kristina Wängberg-Eriksson, Jan Christer Eriksson, company, Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank developed his Literature: "Josef Frank Möbelformgivaren", Talinn 2014, K71. highly personal style with elements of Viennese elegance Nina Stritzler-Levine, ed., Josef Frank, Architect and Drawing dated 1938. and Swedish functionalism. He wanted to incorporate Designer: An Alternate Vision of the Modern Home, natural forms and colours into his interiors, so that the exh. cat., New Haven, 1996, p. 71, fig. 4-9 inhabitants could breathe freely in the enclosed spaces. Christopher Long, Josef Frank: Life and Work, Chicago, He believed that "ornament and complexity create 2002, p. 235, fig. 218 Modernity Stockholm AB Sibyllegatan 6, 114 42 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: +46-8-20 80 25, [email protected] www.modernity.se.