Greta Magnusson Grossman, USA, 1949
Custom upholstered four-seat sofa. Designed by Greta Magnusson Grossman and produced by Barker Brothers for the "GT Line," 1949. This example is from Grossman's home in Beverly Hills, CA.
117" L x 24.5" W x 25.5" H
297.2cm L x 62.2cm W x 64.8cm H
CO336
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Greta Magnusson Grossman for Ralph O. Smith, USA, circa 1950.
Table lamp in putty-colored enameled aluminum on a chrome-plated steel base with one cone shade and one "Cobra" shade. Designed by Greta Magnusson Grossman for Ralph O. Smith, California, circa 1950. Good condition; paint has been touched up and the lamp has been rewired. Pair available.
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Greta Magnusson Grossman, USA, 1941
This kidney-shaped sofa was created by Greta Magnusson Grossman in Sweden and redesigned between 1941 and 1942 for Barker Brothers in Los Angeles. She still favored the curved lines of her Swedish production, but this sofa also reveals a possible influence of Hollywood Regency furniture, which comes as no surprise since Grossman very quickly became a part of the Golden Era scene. With a showroom on North Rodeo Drive inaugurated in 1941, she attracted celebrity clients such as Greta Garbo, Joan Fontaine, and Gracie Allen. The present model was acquired from a family estate in San Angelo, Texas.
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Curved sofa in ivory bouclé upholstery with button tufted backrest. Designed by Greta Magnusson Grossman for Barker Brothers, Los Angeles, 1941-42. Upholstered with "Pebble Wool" fabric in Eggshell, designed by Maharam. -
Greta Magnusson Grossman
Greta Magnusson Grossman maintained a prolific forty-year career on two continents, Europe and North America, with achievements in industrial design, interior design, and architecture. Although it was not as frequently exhibited in Good Design exhibitions in the 1950s as her Cobra table lamp, Magnusson Grossman’s Grasshopper floor lamp has become over time one of the most famous lights of midcentury modern design. This example in coral pink dates to the first years of production by Ralph O. Smith, the tiny Californian midcentury lighting manufactory, and allegedly belonged to Andy Warhol.
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R & Company represents the Estate of Greta Magnusson Grossman and, over the past decade, has placed more than a half dozen Grasshopper lamps in American museum collections.
"Grasshopper" floor lamp in enameled aluminum and steel with original coral paint.
Designed by Greta Magnusson Grossman for Ralph O. Smith, Burbank, California, 1947-48.
14" L x 14" W x 48" H
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Greta Magnusson Grossman, USA, 1947
In 1948, Greta Magnusson Grossman stated that to create furniture that could blend all periods. Her solution was not to mix different styles but to develop a unique look. Such is the case with this very rare armchair that Grossman designed for Barker Brothers in 1947, the year they opened Modern Shop. The armchair does combine the typical Scandinavian arm “swoop” with the ease of the California coast, but it is conceived as a new and innovative design. The piece was part of the Multi-Unit Pacific Line, created by Grossman for Barker in Ash wood with a “Palomino” stain finish, which gives the wood a golden sheen.
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"Palimino" lounge chair with original hand-woven upholstery on a wood frame. -
Greta Magnusson Grossman, USA, 1948
Dual-head table lamp in brass and enameled aluminum. Designed by Greta Grossman and manufactured by Ralph O. Smith, Los Angeles, USA, circa 1948.
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Greta Magnusson Grossman, USA, circa 1952
Side chair in walnut with an upholstered seat. Designed for Glenn of California, Los Angeles, California. Pair available.
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Greta Magnusson Grossman, USA
Wooden bookcase in birch designed by Greta Magnusson Grossman. Rare early example of her work; originally purchased in 1935 from her store Studio in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Greta Magnusson Grossman, USA, 1950
This lamp, marketed initially as Lamp style No. 903-T and sold as a partnership between Ralph O. Smith Modern Lamps and Fixtures and Magnusson Grossman Design, utilizes the Cobra and the bullet-shaped shades, as well as innovative flexible arms. The collection was available in ten colors, including the pistachio green of this model that was ever-present in that period as a modern and fashionable hue.
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Table lamp in enameled aluminum on a chrome-plated steel base with one cone shade and one "Cobra" shade.