Cushion designed for Armchair 311 upholstered with textile Heavy Linen amber.
Svenskt Tenn’s own linen has been part of the company’s range for decades. The upholstery linen is a more durable variant, produced in colours such as blue, amber, green and dark brown.
The pigment dyeing process creates a unique, slightly irregular, colour effect, emphasizing the natural aspects of linen fabric. Our own linen fabrics are manufactured by Libeco in Belgium, a long-established company founded in Kortrijk in 1858. At the weaving mill, modern technology is combined with generations of experience and professional skill.
Designer
Josef Frank
Josef Frank grew up in Vienna and studied architecture at Technische Hochschule (the Vienna University of Technology) in 1903 – 1908. In the 1920s he designed housing estates and large residential blocks built around common courtyards in a Vienna with severe housing shortages. In 1925, he founded the Haus & Garten interior firm together with architect colleague Oskar Wlach. Svenskt Tenn hired Josef Frank in 1934 and just a few years later he and Estrid Ericson made their international breakthrough. Although he was already 50 when he left the burgeoning Nazism in Vienna for Sweden, Frank is considered one of Sweden’s most important designers. Read more