AN UPHOLSTERED LACQUERED BIRCH ARMCHAIR, MODEL NO. 44, DESIGNED 1931-32

In 1931-32 Aalto designed this chair, along with Armchair No. 41, also known as the "Paimio Chair" for one of his most famous commissions, the Paimio Sanatorium, Paimio, Finland.
cf. J. Pallasmaa, Alvar Aalto Furniture, Helsinki, 1984, p. 133, fig. 205.