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AALTO, Alvar
A STACKING ARMCHAIR MODEL No.51
designed 1931, retailed by Finmar, the curving plywood seat with turquoise-blue lacquered finish, secured by brass screws to square-section birch frame, marked with ivorine distributor's label, and stamped Aalto Design Made in Finland - 30in.(76cm.) high
A STACKING ARMCHAIR MODEL No.51
designed 1931, retailed by Finmar, the curving plywood seat with turquoise-blue lacquered finish, secured by brass screws to square-section birch frame, marked with ivorine distributor's label, and stamped Aalto Design Made in Finland - 30in.(76cm.) high
Provenance
Purchased by Jack Pritchard, founder of Isokon, from the sale of the estate of Henry Morris, 1962. A close friend of Jack and Molly Pritchard, Morris commissioned Walter Gropius's Impington College, completed in 1939.