Alvar Aalto, A mid-20th century drop leaf table and chairs for O.Y. Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas A.B.
Birch, tabletop with blue linoleum and foldable extension (35,5 cm). Dimensions 80 x 60 cm. Height 71 cm. Length extended 115 cm. Chair, model 66, birch and bent plywood, natural lacquered, blue linoleum seat.
Occasional extensive wear and marks and stains on the surface. Later screws in the legs. The chairs have been restored. Later lacquer finish.
Alvar Aalto is one of Finland's most prominent architects and designers and one of Scandinavia's biggest proponents of modern architecture and design. Several of the furniture and vases he designed are today considered iconic design classics, including the Savoy vases, the Beehive lamp, and Armchair, model '31'.Alvar Aalto is the most internationally famous Finnish architect and designer. Aalto was a great ambassador for Finnish design at a time when the Finnish people were thinking about how to present themselves to the rest of the world. He gave equal weight to form and function, and was inspired by the Finnish landscape. Aalto is one of the most important representatives of modern architecture and has created its own architecture direction, whose aesthetic effect is based on careful planning of the buildings in relation to the environment, a human dimension and good sense of material.
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