Literature: Erik Wettergren: “Modern Schwedische Werkkunst” , ill. and described.

Folke Bensow graduated as an architect from Chalmers Technical Institute of Higher Education in 1909. Subsequently, he retrained at the Royal Danish Academy of Arts in Copenhagen 1910–1911 and the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm in 1912. In 1915, he founded his architectural company in Stockholm which he ran until 1930. During this period, he designed buildings as well as furniture. Among Folke Bensow’s most famous works is the Building of Textile Industry in Norrköping, the so-called “The Iron”, built 1916–1917. A building which later became a great influence on the further development of Swedish architecture and still stands as an icon and a clear example of Neoclassicism in Sweden. During the process of designing buildings, Folke Bensow has furthermore designed several pieces of outdoor furniture, including park benches, also of cast iron, made at Näfveqvarns Bruk. These are classic examples of Swedish Grace and are among the most sought-after collector’s items among Nordic design today. They are for example found in the collection at the Stockholm National Museum. “Taburett No. 1” was first presented as a cemetery stool at the Paris World Exposition in 1925.