AN IMPORTANT HIGH-BACK ARMCHAIR

細節

Alvar Aalto (Finnish 1898-1976)
An Important High-back Armchair
designed 1931, produced circa 1932-1933 by Oy. Huonekalu-Ja Rakennustyötehdas AB, solid and laminated birch and beech, part-ebonised, with stepped laminate configuration to runners
40¼ in. (102 cm.) high, 24 in. (61 cm.) wide, 27¼ in. (69 cm.) deep

出版

D. Ostergard (ed.), Bent Wood and Metal Furniture 1850-1946, 1987, pp.312-313 (design illustrated)
H. Cantz, Alvar & Aino Aalto Design: Collection Bischofberger, Bielefeld, 2004, pp.48-49 (example illustrated)
P. Tuukkanen (ed.), Alvar Aalto Design, Jyväskylä, 2002, p.166 (example illustrated)

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

拍品專文

Aalto's high-back lounge chair of 1931 was produced in very small quantities, possibly only 15-25 examples, however of the design featured prominently in many of Aalto's early advertising ventures and exhibitions. The design was first exhibited at the Building Congress for the Nordic Countries held in Helsinki in 1932, and was published in a manufacturer's advert the same year. The chairs exhibited at the Congress were identical to the example offered, featuring ebonised seats, stepped runners, and the rectangular 'upholstery' perforations to the headrest. Versions lacking these specific features exist. The chair's seat, formed from a single sheet of birch plywood, required complex three-dimensional moulding to achieve its characteristic form, and it would appear that manufacturing complications prevented the chair from being manufactured beyond 1933. The scarcity of this model allied to the form's dramatic and imposing presence has established it as one of the most revered of Aalto's early designs.