Armchair
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Designer / Maker
Designed by Alvar Aalto (1898-1976)
Manufactured by O. y. Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas AB
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Detail
Bent and laminated wood, painted red and black
71.5 x 61 x 74 cm
Finnish (Turku), designed 1932
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Marked
‘237’ under right-hand foot
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Collection
Baltimore Museum of Art
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Notes
The cantilevered armchair, model 31/42, was designed for Aalto’s Paimio Sanitorium (1929-33), but later went into wider production. This is the only red/black example of the pattern to have been identified. An orange/dark brown version (labelled for Finmar, active 1934-65) is in the Bischofberger Collection. Model 31/42 is often seen with a black seat, but most frequently in plain birch.