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@mvc. Torbjorn Afdal ,model Stuart,made by Nejestranda. Found info/photo of same chair.Need to find documentation to confirm this.

Hi @lexi , many thanks, never heard. 

But there is one detail that doesn't fit, the armrest where it meets the backrest. But otherwise everything seems to fit.

Edit: No, correction, now i found the model with the matching armrests:

https://gramho.com/media/2010925771796142524

@lexi Made in Norway is confirmed.

https://auctionet.com/de/396065-karmfatolj-elton-bjorn-afdal-nesjestranda-mobelfabrik-norge-1960-tal/images#image_3

Edit: And apparently it is documented in the book "Brukskunst i hjemmet" (Applied art in the home) which is listed as source in this link:

http://utopiaretromodern.no/utopiaretromodern/scheda.asp?menu=scheda&cat=&LAN=ENG&IDprodotto=21

Lexi, you are the best, many thanks, you have deserved a reward, a large piece of my homemade plum cake! 😀 

Marie

I've got two of these chairs in dining/conference chair dimensions. I believe this higher seat design is the Elton. Is the Stuart the lower/wider seat lounge chair version?

@cdsilva

Yes, the Stuart is the lower version, I figured out the dimensions:

Elton: height 84 cm, Stuart: 75 cm

But the model name "Stuart" is not yet confirmed.

@mvc.  The image I am posting is one from Instagram. It was posted by Bjorn Kowalski Hansen (this is not his IG username), who co-wrote a book with Mats Linder on Bruksbo Tegnekontor. If he says it is called Stuart I would consider it to be correct and based on research for the book.

This particular chair would appear to be quite rare.

Also adding caption that came with it and written by B. Kowalsi Hansen

Thanks @lexi , me too I got the impression during research that the chair is pretty rare.

Now I have to try how I can somehow blackmail my friend into selling me the chair! 😎 

   @mvc;  Offer your friend a "whole" homemade plum cake! 😆 

I'll do my very best!

Again thanks for your help, @lexi, appreciate it!

@cdsilva. Found a Bruksbo catalogue online. 1969. No designers mentioned, but has an entry for the Elton chair.

There are other pages which I can post , if you want.

Nice find, lexi. Yes, I would certainly be interested in seeing the rest of that catalog. Odd that the Elton is there but not the "Stuart".

@cdsilva.  Here they are. There is a "stuart" chair which has NO similarity to the Stuart chair @mvc posted !!

I recognize some of the models ; the ones that usually popup and are designed by Afdal. Bruksbo had quite a few diiferent manufacturers produce their designs. I am currently trying to compile a list of designers/models and makers, after @mvc posted her chair and you posted that chest of drawers. I reached out to Mats Linder about that drawer set and he suggested I contact Bjorn Kowalski Hansen ,who he referred to as the "nerd" I will leave it till Monday. It is all a bit of a tangled web!! just like Gustav Bahus, but at least they produced a lot of documentation.

That's a great catalog/price list, lexi. Thanks. Other design families in the catalog all use the same name for the variations. Based on that, I would assume that the lounge chair version of Elton is also called Elton; especially since "Stuart" is listed as a completely different design.

I've had 4 different Krobo benches over the years. They are somewhat easy to find so must have been sold through many retailers. Yet somehow, this is the first catalog cut I have come across for them.

As I guy I work with often says . . . "Many thanks!"

Posted by: cdsilva

I've got two of these chairs in dining/conference chair dimensions. I believe this higher seat design is the Elton. Is the Stuart the lower/wider seat lounge chair version?

@cdsilva. I have just found out that the "Elton" model  came as a lounge chair as well as the armchair version. Thought you might be interested.

Image from Bonytt, 1960.