CANTILEVER LOUNGE CHAIR, CIRCA 1934

Details

ALVAR AALTO, RETAILED BY FINMAR
CANTILEVER LOUNGE CHAIR, CIRCA 1934
the seat with Karelian birch laminate, reverse painted white, on laminated birch supports
27½ in. (70 cm.) high; 25¼ in. (64 cm.) wide; 28¾ in. (73 cm.) deep
marked with ivorine Finmar label and paper label Made in Finland

Provenance

Purchased by the vendor's father, London, mid-1930s.

Literature

ed. Pirkko Tuukkanen, Alvar Aalto, Designer, Helsinki, 2002, p. 71 (version with metal legs illustrated)

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This unusual and hitherto undocumented design appears to be an experimental evolution of one of Aalto's earliest and rarest chair designs. It is possible that as Finmar sought to expand distribution of Aalto's designs in Britain, experimental models or variations of existing designs were produced in order to explore market response.

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