26 x 23 3 4 x 34 1 2 66 x 60 3 x 87 6 cm.
Alvar aalto chair dimensions.
An architect and designer alvar aalto deserves an immense share of the credit for bringing scandinavian modernism to a prominent place in the global arena.
Bent plywood bent laminated birch and solid birch.
The paimio chair quickly became popular and was produced in large quantities.
Hugo alvar henrik aalto pronounced ˈhuɡo ˈɑlʋɑr ˈhenrik ˈɑːlto.
Designed by alvar aalto in 1932 armchair 41 was created for the interior of a tuberculosis sanatorium in the finnish city of paimio and is considered one of aalto s masterpieces.
In 1935 aino and alvar aalto founded the finnish company artek to manufacture their designs.
Gift of edgar kaufmann jr.
Oy huonekalu ja rakennustyötehdas ab turku finland.
Instead of using traditional metal tubes aalto wanted to use something warmer and.
The chairs have a birch plywood frame and beige gray fa.
Alvar aalto created in 1931 the paimio chair which was manufactured of bent plywood and laminated wood.
Artek s armchair 41 also known as the paimio chair is one of the most beautiful chairs designed by alvar aalto.
Alvar aalto made his international breakthrough as a furniture designer.
Combining a traditional outline with a light organic form this revolutionary interpretation of the club chair set new standards in modern furniture design.
3 february 1898 11 may 1976 was a finnish architect and designer.
The cantilevered birch frame solid birch cross rails and linen webbed seat create a chair made for total comfort and relaxation.
His work includes architecture furniture textiles and glassware as well as sculptures and paintings he never regarded himself as an artist seeing painting and sculpture as branches of the tree whose trunk is architecture.
Aalto wished to learn the language of wood fibres and believed there was a positive effect that happens when our skin comes into contact with natural materials.
This chair was purchased in the 1970s.
It is made of bent laminated veneer and is the result of numerous bending trials using birch wood that is in part naturally damp.
Created by design visionary alvar aalto in 1939 this armchair is affectionately referred to as the pension chair because it allows the user to be in a state of retirement.
Great wingback lounge chair model 401 designed by alvar aalto for artek finland 1933.