Pair of 'Carlton' Armchairs

Dark stained birch, carved decoration of palmettes and fleuronger. Upholstered in velvet. Brass nails. Provenance; Hotel Carlton, Stockholm Literature: The chair pictured in the magazine's Nest, vintage 1929, p. 85 - 89th Hotel Carlton was completed in October 1927. It was then a very upscale and modern hotel at Kungsgatan in Stockholm. Carlton was built by the developer Zetterberg, designed by Knut Nordenskjold. Axel Einar Hjorth accounted for most of the interior.