This luxurious piece of furniture radiates attitude and demands a special place in its environement. Kroken is a voluptuously comfortable seat designed in 1974 by the Swedish designer Åke Fribytter. The chair was produced in a limited series by the luxury furniture manufacturer Nelo Möbel.
Price if for the set.
Size armchair:
Height 82 cm, Width 77 cm, Seat Height 36 cm.Size stool:
Width 56 cm, Seat Height 35 cm.
Period: 1970s
Material: rosewood, leather, wool.
Condition: original, excellent.Maker: Nelo Möbel, Sweden
1970s "KROKEN" CHAIR AND STOOL
Åke Fribyter, born 1922, died 1998, was a Swedish interior designer.
Fribyter worked for Carl Malmsten in the early 1950s. Among Fribyter's designes there is the Classic chair for Gemla Möbler AB and the Kroken easy chair for Nelo möbler in 1974.
Nelo Möbler is a furniture producer established in the 1970s in the South of Sweden. Ever since the mid-80s, the armchairs have actually been sold to a single customer, French Roche Bobois, which is Europe's largest retailer of luxury furniture.
After a Danish company acquisition Nelo changed its brand to Skipper Furniture and refocused their production on seating furniture for public environments and offices.
The former company name Nelo remains as an international brand aimed solely at major customer Roche Bobois.
