Bruno Mathsson

[1] Mathsson was raised in the town of Värnamo in the Småland region of Sweden, the son of a master cabinet maker.

[3] Edgar Kaufmann Jr., director of the Industrial Design Department at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), collected Mathsson's chairs and included them in several exhibitions in the 1940s.

[4] Kaufmann considered Mathsson's importance in furniture design on par with that of Alvar Aalto.

His furniture showroom in Värnamo (1950) was a significant example; it is well-preserved and open to the public today.

[8] He traveled extensively in the United States and was strongly influenced by the solar houses of George Fred Keck.