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Paimio Model 41 Chair by Alvar Aalto for Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Oy, 1930s

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  • Paimio Model 41 Chair by Alvar Aalto for Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Oy, 1930s 1
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This is a pre-1939 Paimio armchair designed for the Paimio Sanatorium, Finland in 1931-32 later retailed by the British distributor Finmar. This model in Karelian birch appeared as a model in the 1934 Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas O.Y catalogue and in the 1934 Finmar catalogue differentiating it from a black lacquered seat (42) and a cloth-covered seat (43). In the 1936 Finmar catalogue it appeared as 41 but later that year in another catalogue became 41/83c and was offered as well in an ordinary birch finish (41/83), black lacquered (41/ 8-2) coloured (41/ 8-6s) and cloth-covered 41/85. This is the second production version with birch as opposed to beech arms and cuts in the back of the chair seat which was not in the version designed for the Paimio Sanitorium or the first production versions. Runners are 4 sections of laminate stamped to undersides (used for assembly by distributors) and joined together in the middle of the bottom runner as should be the case for this version. This chair is held by the Metropolitan Museum, M.O.M.A and the V&A amongst many others and is published in numerous works.

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Creator Alvar Aalto
Manufacturer Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Oy
Design Period 1920 to 1949
Production Period 1930 to 1939
Country of Manufacture Finland
Identifying Marks This piece has an attribution mark
Style Scandinavian Modern, Design Classics
Detailed Condition Very Good — This vintage item has no defects, but it may show slight traces of use.
Restoration and Damage Details
Surface has been refinished, The seat has traces of the varnish used when it was refinished
Product Code XLJ-399144
Materials Plywood
Color Blonde
Width 87 cm 34.3 inch
Depth 68 cm 26.8 inch
Height 63 cm 24.8 inch
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About the Creator

Alvar Aalto

Architect-designer Alvar Aalto was born in Kuortane, Finland in 1898. He enrolled at the Helsinki Institute of Technology in 1916 and, although his studies were disrupted by the Finnish Civil War, he graduated with a degree in architecture in 1921. In 1923, he established an architectural studio in Jyväskylä, Finland, marrying fellow architect Aino Mandelin the following year. In 1927, the office moved to Turku. Aalto’s aesthetic evolved from a neo-classical style to a functionalist one during the late 1920s and, in the 1930s, moved towards a less rigid Rationalism with an eye for nature’s organic models, ultimately embracing modernism in the 1950s.

Aalto was committed to the concept of a Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art), emphasizing fluidity between his projects’ surrounding environments and their interiors. He experimented with plywood in designs such as the Paimio Chair (1931–32), while the Paimio Sanatorium (1932) was driven by the idea that the building itself could contribute to the healing process. In 1935, Aalto met factory owners Maire and Harry Gullischsen, with whom he launched Artek. The furniture company manufactured and sold Aalto’s designs in Finland and abroad, and thanks in part to his relationship with the Gullischsens, Aalto received important large-scale Finnish industry planning and building commissions.

In 1937, Aalto designed the Finnish Pavilion at the International Expo of Arts and Technology in Modern Life in Paris. Its success led to a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York the following year. In 1939, he designed the Finnish Pavilion at the World’s Fair in New York. During the 1940s, he taught architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge; his time there culminated in his design of the Baker House Dormitory (1947–49). Working on the postwar reconstruction of Finland’s towns and cities, he advocated flexible standardization of large-scale industrialized building, wherein the building elements could be combined in multiple ways to satisfy various environments and users’ needs.

During the 1950s and 1960s, Aalto was highly productive; notable projects include the Kansaneläkelatos (National Pensions Insurance Institute) in Helsinki as well as commissions outside Finland, ranging from a lavish residence near Paris for art dealer Louis Carré (1956) to a church in the mountain town of Riola, Italy (built 1975–80). Following Aino’s passing in 1949, Aalto married architect Elissa Mäkiniemi in 1952.

Aalto passed away in 1976 in Helsinki.

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