Greta Magnusson Grossman
(1906-1999)

Greta Grossman brought her brand of Swedish modernism to Los Angeles after leaving Stockholm in 1939. Her architecture, furniture and lighting designs were popularized by John Entenza's influential magazine Arts & Architecture.

Through the 1960s Grossman produced furniture designs for companies like Glenn of California, Sherman Bertram and Modern Line. Her furniture was characterized by metal ball-feet on at the base of her black rod-iron frames. Grossman also enjoyed success with her lamp designs for the Ralph O. Smith company in the early 1950s.

Grossman was also the architect and interior designer for a number of residences in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Grossman designed her own home in Beverly Hills as well as several commissioned homes and interiors including her last home for herself and her husband in Solana Beach, California.

San Diego Project

Grossman Residence (1966)
1369 Hygeia, Encinitas

Read the book:
Greta Magnusson Grossman Designer: The Furniture and Lighting of Greta Magnusson Grossman (published by R 20th Century)