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Who designed Paimio Chair?
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The Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto designed the Paimio chair for a tuberculosis sanatorium in the town of Paimio, Finland. The bent plywood chair debuted in the early 1930s. On 1st 1stDibs, shop a range of Alvar Aalto chairs.
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Alvar Aalto Paimio Chair 41
By Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Los Angeles, CA
wonderful Paimio armchair 41 by Alvar Aalto for Artek, Finland, in natural birch wood with black bentwood seat with venting slots.
Category
Vintage 1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Birch
Paimio Chair Style after Alvar Aalto
By Alvar Aalto
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
We didn't want to let them go, we generally don't have replicas in our gallery but this pair of chairs were begging to be restored. The previous owner told us that his parents acquir...
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
1970s Aino and Alvar Aalto for Artek Paimio Lounge Chair
By Alvar Aalto, Aino Aalto
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Paimio Lounge Chair, originally designed by Aino and Alvar Aalto for the Paimio Sanatorium in Finland in 1932.
Category
Vintage 1970s Finnish Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Birch
very rare and early no.41 paimio lounge chair by alvar aalto
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Munich, DE
very rare and early no.41 paimio lounge chair by alvar aalto. i purchased this chair from and old collectors couple, but unfortunately there is no manufacturer sign on the chair. the...
Category
Vintage 1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Plywood
1932 Artek No. 42 Small Paimio Lounge Chair in Birch by Alvar & Aino Aalto
By Alvar Aalto, Artek, Aino Aalto
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a very special and unusual chair. It is an original Armchair 42, Small Paimio, designed by Alvar Aalto and Aino Aalto for the Paimio Sanatorium in 1932.
Category
Vintage 1930s Finnish Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Birch, Plywood
Rare Variant Model 41 Paimio Sanatorium Armchair Chair by Alvar Aatlo c. 1960s
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Oakland, CA
Model No 41 Paimio armchair in molded birch plywood designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. With a black lacquered molded plywood seat and natural finish molded arms creating a ve...
Category
Vintage 1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Birch, Lacquer
