"Paimio" chair

Alvar AaltoDesigned 1930–31, manufactured ca. 1935–40

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Curved bent birch plywood seat joined to frame composed of ribbon-like curved, laminated bent birch elements forming legs/arms; form reinforced by solid birch cross pieces at curled ends of back and seat, and at at rear legs.

Details

Title: "Paimio" chair
Creator: Alvar Aalto
Creator Lifespan: 1898/1976
Date Created: Designed 1930–31, manufactured ca. 1935–40
Type: Armchair
Rights: Museum purchase through gift of Linda and Irwin Berman and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund
Medium: Bent birch plywood, solid birch
Provenance: Chair "descended in a family from Helsinki"; Aero Design Furniture Oy, Helsinki, Finland.
Markings: Number "27" stamped on the underside of each runner.
Exhibitions: New York, NY, Cooper-Hewitt, "Curators Select: Recent Acquisitions 2003-2008," 9/12/08-3/1/09
Dimensions: H x W x D: 65.5 x 60.5 x 81.3 cm (25 13/16 x 23 13/16 x 32 in. )

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