These were done by Carl Malmsten - who died in the 80's - when he was 28 he entered 2 chairs into a competition for the rights to furnish Stockholm city-hall - this picture caught my eye, it was on the side of a display case, and the contents wernt nearly as interesting. Carl's 'heyday' and when these were produced, was in the 1920's... he set up wood-working schools, in order that his skills/ideas wouldnt die out. His (?grandson) now runs his studio, the picture below is on the outside - in a very upmarket area of Stockholm, where all the swank furniture designers display
I was allowed (coz I asked nicely) to photo some works at his studio, they may be shown at a later date here). It all goes to prove, not all Swedish wood is IKEA - as an aside, I did an antiques tour with my guide, and this sort of thing 'Intarsia' was popular in the 1830's in Sweden (the Swedes are going to hate it when I get to around to posting on Copenhagen though)
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