The GT Lounge Chair was showcased at Greta M. Grossman prestigious store on the Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles with which she used to decorate many of the homes her designed with her own produced furniture in exceptionally small numbers.
TIMELESS LOUNGE CHAIR
The GT Lounge Chair was designed by Greta M. Grossman in 1949. The sleek and feminine lines beautifully express the influence Scandinavian design had on her. Designed for comfort and aesthetics, her timeless lounge chair has a feminine and light silhouette that is supported by elegant slender legs.
GRETA M. GROSSMAN
Greta M. Grossman (1906–1999) was an innovator in the male-dominated worlds of mid-century industrial and interior design and architecture, gaining international recognition for her work.
She was born and educated in Sweden, setting up Studio – her first combined store and workshop – in Stockholm the same year she married musician Billy Grossman. With the onset of the Second World War, the pair emigrated to California where she worked as an architect. She was among the first to bring the Scandinavian modern aesthetic to southern California’s burgeoning modernist scene.