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An Alvar Aalto laminated birch 'padded Paimio chair', upholstered in yellow and black fabric.

Estimate
10 000 - 15 000 SEK
917 - 1 380 EUR
930 - 1 400 USD
Hammer price
Unsold
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Camilla Behrer
Stockholm
Camilla Behrer
Head of Design/ Specialist Modern & Contemporary Decorative Art & Design
+46 (0)708 92 19 77
An Alvar Aalto laminated birch 'padded Paimio chair', upholstered in yellow and black fabric.

Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Oy, Finland. Height 64 cm, width 62,5 cm, depth 82 cm.

Some minor wear.

Provenance

Formens Hus, Hällefors.
Torbjörn Lenskog Design Collection, no 11.

Literature

Pirkko Tuukkanen (red), 'Alvar Aalto Designer', Alvar Aalto Museum, Finland 2002, p 16, 78-79, 165.

More information

Designed in 1933 and presented the same year at the 'Wood Only' exhibition at Fortnum & Mason department store in London.