Trädgårdsmöbel No. 2 by Folke Bensow (1886–1971), Sweden, circa 1923

Bench with side supports in black-lacquered iron and later wooden slats. Foundry: Näfveqvarn. Bensow presented his works at major exhibitions, including the Paris World’s Fair in 1925. For the Näfveqvarn foundry, he designed several garden pieces that were shown not only in Paris in 1925 but also at the Metropolitan Museum in New York in 1927.