Newly composed stool/tabourette in the same style and material as the chair of the same name.

Chair Bertil Karlsson History:

A late Gustavian chair that was found broken in the warehouse when Bertil Karlsson’s antique shop in Gamla Gefle changed owners in the 1980s. The chair was probably made around 1800 and is unusually simple with its square front legs – normally they are turned – and with a leather-imitating wooden seat. At the same time, few Bellman chairs – the model is usually called that – are as simply elegant as this one. The original chair was originally painted with mahogany-imitation English red linseed oil paint and with a black seat. Equally common were gray chairs with black seats. Both variants are painted in Nästgårdshuset in Gysinge. The chair is made entirely by hand and all surfaces are hand-planed. The cross in the back has a typical crossing construction (compare the shortcuts on other “copies” on the market) made of two connected parts, and therefore extremely durable. The round rosette in the back cross is carved by sculptors.

One of the most common benches in Swedish furniture history and the bench that the common people used indoors for their long trestle tables.

This particular model with baroque-shaped legs of the early 18th century type was one of the most common even into the early 19th century.

The model for our bench comes from the Hedemora Theater, built in 1828, still in use and one of the few preserved rural theaters of the time.

In the 20th century, we have often seen these benches moved out and used as garden benches – the rustic quality means that the bench can stand outdoors.

The baroque bench is just the right length for our percussion table, but could also be useful as a bench in the hall, as a flower bench indoors, or why not as a garden bench?

The bench has a seat board in the form of a single plank and the legs, sawn from one piece, are inserted with continuous tenons and wedges in the seat board. The bench is hand-planed in a contemporary style.