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Alvar Aalto
Pair of early chairs, model no. 21, 1930s

28 – 29 April 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Alvar Aalto

Pair of early chairs, model no. 21, 1930s
Karelian birch plywood.
Each: 77 x 64 x 48 cm
Manufactured by O.y. Huonekalu-ja Rakkenhustyötehdas A.b., Turku, Finland. Retailed by Bowman Brothers, London, United Kingdom. Reverse of each stamped BOWMAN BROS LTD/FURNISHERS/LONDON. N.W.1.

Footnotes

Provenance
Bowman Brothers, London
Private collection, Cambridge
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature
Finmar Limited, Finland, 1936, n.p.
Alvar Aalto: Architecture and Furniture, The Museum of Modern Art, exh. cat., New York, 1938, p. 26
'Finmar: Furniture Of The Future For The Home Of To-day', Finmar, London, 1939, p. 7
Mobilier et Décoration, March 1957, p. 39
Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., Decorative Art - 1930s & 1940s, Cologne, 2000, p. 291
Eva B Ottillinger, Alvar Aalto, Möbel: Die Sammlung Kossdorff, Wien, 2002, p. 33
Pirkko Tuukkanen, ed., Alvar Aalto: Designer, Vammala, 2002, p. 168
Thomas Kellein, Alvar & Aino Aalto; Collection Bischofberger, Zurich, 2005, p. 89

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