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Lot 19TP

Alvar Aalto
Armchair, model no. 44, 1931-1932

4 October 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,462.50 inc. premium

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Alvar Aalto

Armchair, model no. 44, 1931-1932
Birch-laminated bent plywood, fabric upholstery.
63.5 x 62 x 80 cm
Manufactured by O.y. Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas A.b., Turku, for Artek, Finland. Underside impressed 23 and 56.

Footnotes

Literature
'FINMAR LIMITED: London, S.W.1. 44 Ranelagh Road', Finmar, Helsingfors, 1936, n.p.
'Finmar: Furniture of the future for the home of To-day', Finmar, London, 1939, pp. 1, 15
Juhani Pallasmaa, ed., Alvar Aalto Furniture, Helsinki, 1984, pp. 86, 126
Pirkko Tuukkanen, ed., Alvar Aalto Designer, Vammala, 2002, p. 165

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