Sheepskin
Mi 473 Eva high back
Designed in 1948, further development of the original model from 1948.
Loungechair with seat of solid Birch. Arms and underframe of bentlaminated Beech.
treated with clearcoat, alternatively untreated or black pigmented laquer.
Alternatively
Chair with seat of solid, stained Birch. Arms and underframe of bentlaminated Oak.
Treated with waxoil alternatively Smoked Oak (pigmented waxoil).
Seat covered with sheepskin over plaited webbing and Flamestop wool felt.
Sheepskin in the folowing colours:
black - pillow covered with leather Elmosoft 99999
drake - pillow covered with leather elmosoft 93129
offwhite - pillow covered with leather elmosoft 54035
scandinavian grey - pillow covered with leather elmosoft 99999
Width 600, depth 740, height 1100, seatheight 340 mm
During the early 1930s, Bruno Mathsson studied the “mechanics of sitting”, among other things by sitting in a snowdrift and then studying the imprint his body made in the snow. In 1933, this work had led to a series of chairs, the Model 36 work-, rest- and lounge chair, which he was able to show to the public at his debut exhibition in 1936. The work chair was continuously developed further, was fitted with armrests and took its final form in 1941 when a variant with a high back and head cushion was also launched. That chair was in turn further developed and in 1948 took its final form with the upper part of the back being angled slightly forward. It is sold today under the name Eva high back.
