Alvar Aalto, A mid-20th century drop leaf table and three chairs for O.Y. Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas A.B.
Lacquered birch. Table with a blue linoleum top and a flap (35 cm). Dimensions 80 x 60 cm. Height 71 cm. Total length with the flap raised 115 cm.
Chair, model 65, lacquered birch and birch veneer, red linoleum seat. Seat height 44 cm.
Wear due to age and use. Marks. Stains. Surface damage. Minor hole in one chair
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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