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AALTO, Alvar
A LAMINATED BEECH AND PLYWOOD LOUNGE CHAIR MODEL No.41
designed 1931-32, manufactured by Oy. Huonekalu-Ja Rakennusttedas AB, specifically for use in the Paimio Sanatorium, with ebonised scrolling plywood seat on laminated and solid beech frame, with red painted ward number II stencilled to the underside of the seat, and pencil 53 to the underside of each runner - 26in.(66cm.) high
A LAMINATED BEECH AND PLYWOOD LOUNGE CHAIR MODEL No.41
designed 1931-32, manufactured by Oy. Huonekalu-Ja Rakennusttedas AB, specifically for use in the Paimio Sanatorium, with ebonised scrolling plywood seat on laminated and solid beech frame, with red painted ward number II stencilled to the underside of the seat, and pencil 53 to the underside of each runner - 26in.(66cm.) high
Literature
Bent Wood and Metal Furniture 1850-1946, Ed. Derek Ostergard, American Federation of Arts, 1987, pp.309/310
100 Masterpieces From the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exhibition catalogue, 1995, p.138
Alvar Aalto: Furniture and Glass, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984, p.5
100 Masterpieces From the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exhibition catalogue, 1995, p.138
Alvar Aalto: Furniture and Glass, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984, p.5