Alvar aalto furniture

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Having visited Alvar Aalto’s Paimio Sanitorium, in Finland, Architecture critic Philip Morton Shand along with business partner Geoffrey Boumphrey set up Finmar. Finmar had the exclusive rights to import and distribute Aalto’s furniture in the UK. In that year they set up Fortnum & Mason’s Exhibition (London) featuring a whole range of furniture and sculptural...

Alvar Aalto. Stacking Stools (model 60). 1932-33. Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, Turku, Finland. Birch. Each: 17 1/4" ( 43.8), diam. 14" (35.5 cm). Gift of the manufacturer. 493.2004.1-9. Architecture & Design

Model no. 41, designed in 1931-1932, this example executed 1938-1940. Steam bent laminated birch, Karelian birch veneer. Stamped 'New Furniture/ I...

This armchair is named after the Paimio tuberculosis sanatorium in Southwest Finland.

For sale: Early 'Model 400' Tank lounge chair by Alvar Aalto for Artek, Finland 1960s | #285971

Alvar Aalto is celebrated as the inventor of bent plywood furniture; even if his name doesn’t ring a bell, you'll recognise his influence on design.

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