Pair of Armchairs

Steam bent black stained birch, rattan cane. Provenance: The Czechoslovakian Embassy, Stockholm. History: Jan Bocan was a professor at the Technical University in Prague. At the age of thirty, he won the architectural competition for the new Czechoslovak Embassy in Stockholm. This was his first major assignment. The embassy was a total work of art with all interiors, textiles and furniture designed by Bocan. It was designed and built between 1968-70 and opened in 1972.