the local marketplace Eikund Broadway Lounge Chair

Broadway Lounge Chair

Brand Eikund

Designer Torbjørn Afdal

Distributor Stylecraft

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An attention to detail of traditional Norwegian design, with the upturned timber backrset reminiscent of native fauna, the Broadway Lounge Chair was designed by Torbjørn Afdal in 1958.

The Broadway lounge chair features a leather upholstered backrest with cushioned seat pad in house leather or fabric upon request. The crafted timber frame is available in solid Oak in a natural oiled finish, white oiled finish, black lacquered Oak or soaped Oak. The warmth of solid Walnut with an oiled finish is also available for the timber frame.

Description

An attention to detail of traditional Norwegian design, with the upturned timber backrset reminiscent of native fauna, the Broadway Lounge Chair was designed by Torbjørn Afdal in 1958.

Product Details & Specifications

An attention to detail of traditional Norwegian design, with the upturned timber backrest reminiscent of native fauna, the Broadway Lounge Chair was designed by Torbjorn Afdal in 1958.

About The Designer

Torbjørn Afdal is among our most gifted and productive furniture designers. After graduating from the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in 1946, he spent his career with the legendary Bruksbo Tegnekontor, who for three decades were one of Norway’s leading design offices for quality furniture. They created models for dozens of furniture manufacturers, and in the mid-1960s a large percentage of Norwegian furniture exports were designed by Bruksbo. Afdal got recognised internationally as a highly skilled designer, he was awarded with a gold medal for the lounge chair Broadway at the Deutsche Handwerksmesse in Munich 1959. Among those who purchased Afdal’s design were First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and the Japanese Emperor, and he later designed the office of Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland.

His work is characterized primarily by a refined understanding of material and form. Afdal had a combination of art and tradition in his work, with a talent of utilizing the natural possibilities of wood. Around 1955-65, Afdal’s furniture design gained a more crafted feel, the armchair Broadway together with the hunting chair Hunter was his artistic highlights. Many of his products are true classics and deserves to be revived.

About the Distributor

Stylecraft has been providing furniture of original, contemporary design for 65 years. First established in Melbourne, Stylecraft is now represented in six showrooms around Australia, as well as one in Singapore. Their product offering is suitable for commercial, educational, hospitality and residential spaces and is a collection of Australian designed and manufactured furniture and international brands that they represent on an exclusive basis.

Their European collection includes Arper, Artemide, Tacchini, Verzelloni and Sipa from Italy, Akaba, Stua and Vilagrasa from Spain, Cascando from the Netherlands, Prostoria from Croatia, Maiori from France and Eikund from Norway. Japanese companies, Ritzwell and Karimoku New Standard, offer traditional craftsmanship with a contemporary aesthetic to complement the European product offering. Their local brands include acp atelier, LEN by Helen Kontouris, Ross Gardam, Keith Melbourne, ESO, Thinking Works, SKEEHAN, and Urban Commons, together with their own exclusive in house collections designed and manufactured in Australia.