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ALVAR AALTO Pair of padded "Paimio" armchair

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ALVAR
AALTO
Pair of padded "Paimio" armchairs, ca. 1936
Manufactured by Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Oy, Turku, Finland, retailed by Finmar Ltd., London, UK; molded laminated birch, fabric, one incised "77" twice, the other incised "38" twice, both with a Finmar Ltd. celluloid label (2)
Each: 26 in. (66 cm) high
Literature
Juhani Pallasmaa, ed., Alvar Aalto Furniture, Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki, 1984, p. 86, fig. 139 for similar examples in the Fortnum and Mason Exhibition, London 1933;
Pirkko Tuukkanen, ed., Alvar Aalto Designer, Vammala, 2002, pp. 16, 79 and 165

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