2008-Apr-14 - The Fällbord and the man who made it. |
Bruno Mathsson is a name that is very well known in many circles across the globe. In furniture circles and art circles alike his name demands respect and admiration immediately from those who know his work. Bruno Mathsson is very well known across the world for not only his very innovative and yet comfortable classically designed chairs (stol) but also for his beautiful glass houses that had designed and amazingly enough these houses are designed to be very well insulated. Not only has Bruno Mathsson designed glass houses and chairs (stol) but he has designed a number of wonderful pieces of furniture such as desks, daybeds, and a series of tables, the most famous being the Fällbord.
To understand the greatness that is Bruno Mathsson’s furniture designs one has to understand where it is that Burno Mathsson has come from. He comes from a long, long line of furniture designers and furniture makers. In fact it was five generations of these wood workers that first inspired Bruno Mathsson to start in the same field. When he was just a boy he would help out in the wood working of his family, learning the trade before he even knew what he was learning. Seeing and becoming familiar with the wood itself, the tools, and the special techniques of wood working all helped develop Bruno Mathsson into what he later became.
To enhance his knowledge of other things like designing buildings as far as the technical aspect of it and also the engineering he sent away for books. He did this because in his small town there was not really any other way for him to quench his thirst for his interest in these fields. By reading the books that he sent away for and talking with experts in these fields Bruno Mathsson set up a very secure net of mentors and associates that would help him through out his career and his life.
From this brilliant man came many amazing designs and one of the most popular would be the Fällborde. This table (bord) would allow you to fold it very small and then when you needed to unfold the table (bord) to a much larger size. The Fällbord can fold to a mere 23 cm and when unfolded it can become as large as a banquet table (bord) at 280cm when it is extended to its fullest capacity. This table can be folded and unfolded and there can be leafs added or taken out and used in any size. This was a truly genius design of furniture and especially a table (bord). This table (bord) allows for an immense flexibility in the size of the table (bord) and allows it to be the perfect table for any room, any occasion, and anything that you need it to be. Many believe that the Fällbord was based on a certain type of folding Swedish table Bruno Mathsson truly took the Fällbord to the next several levels of furniture design.
This lovely table (bord) was crafted from natural woods such as birchwood and the top would be a laminated white. Later on the Fällbord would be made from other popular woods. Woods like beechwood, ash, oak, cherry and other fine woods were carefully used to craft one of Bruno Mathsson’s greatest furniture designs. Using different types of wood would allow many people to enjoy the Fällbord and its diverse uses. This table (bord) is truly one of his finest works of art and is still sold in many stores to this day. Over sixty years has only made this table (bord) more and more desired. |
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Scandinavian design has set the standard internationally in the furniture industry and this was largely achieved in the post-war era when Scandinavian countries were relatively poor. This inspired a great deal of inventiveness as Scandinavians had to be very creative in using whatever materials they could get their hands on.
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