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Aalto 406 Chair

Alvar Aalto 40s 406 Chair
By Alvar Aalto
Located in 東御市, JP
40s 406 chari.upholstery by jute webbing. early production.
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Vintage 1940s Finnish Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Birch

Alvar Aalto 40s 406 Chair
Alvar Aalto 40s 406 Chair
H 34.65 in W 24.02 in D 29.53 in
Alvar Aalto Model 406 Lounge Chairs
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Highland, IN
Aalto's 1936 design, the model 406 lounge chair is a perfect example of understated Finnish design
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Vintage 1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Birch

Alvar Aalto Model 406 Lounge Chairs
Alvar Aalto Model 406 Lounge Chairs
H 34 in W 23.75 in D 28 in
Artek Armchair 406 by Alvar Aalto for Artek
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Centreville, VA
Armchair 406 combines simple elegance with comfort. Since wood changes over time, the armrests are
Category

Vintage 1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Bentwood

Artek Armchair 406 by Alvar Aalto for Artek
Artek Armchair 406 by Alvar Aalto for Artek
H 34.25 in W 23.5 in D 28.25 in
1960 Alvar Aalto Cantilever Chair Model 406 by Artek in Birch and Cane Webbing
By Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Chicago, IL
Alvar Aalto, cantilevered chair model 406. Laminated birch, cane. circa 1960 The model 406
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Vintage 1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Cane, Birch

1960 Alvar Aalto Cantilever Chair Model 406 by Artek in Birch and Cane Webbing
By Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Chicago, IL
Alvar Aalto, cantilevered chair model 406. Laminated birch, cane. circa 1960 The model 406
Category

Vintage 1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

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Pair of Alvar Aalto Cantilever Chairs Model 406 by Artek in Birch Cane Webbing
By Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Alvar Aalto, cantilevered chairs model 406. Laminated birch, cane. circa 1960 The
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Vintage 1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

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Alvar Aalto Cantilevered Leather Lounge Chair for Artek
By Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artek’s Model 406 lounge chair designed by Alvar Aalto. The cantilevered frame is a bent birch wood
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Birch

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By Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Vordingborg, DK
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Aalto 406 Chair For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the aalto 406 chair you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each aalto 406 chair for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, birch and fabric. Find 17 options for an antique or vintage aalto 406 chair now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a aalto 406 chair — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Each aalto 406 chair bearing Mid-Century Modern, Scandinavian Modern or Modern hallmarks is very popular.

How Much is a Aalto 406 Chair?

Prices for a aalto 406 chair can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,250 and can go as high as $14,250, while the average can fetch as much as $2,864.

Alvar Aalto for sale on 1stDibs

An architect and designer, Alvar Aalto deserves an immense share of the credit for bringing Scandinavian modernism and Nordic design to a prominent place in the global arena. In both his buildings and his vintage furniture — which ranges from chairs, stools, tables and lighting to table- and glassware — Aalto’s sensitivity to the natural world and to organic forms and materials tempered the hardness of rationalist design.

Relatively few Aalto buildings exist outside Finland. (Just four exist in the United States, and only one — the sinuous 1945 Baker House dormitory at M.I.T. — is easily visited.) International attention came to Aalto, whose surname translates to English as “wave,” primarily through his furnishings.

Instead of the tubular metal framing favored by the Bauhaus designers and Le Corbusier, Aalto insisted on wood. His aesthetic is best represented by the Paimio armchair, developed with his wife, Aino Aalto, in 1930 as part of the overall design of a Finnish tuberculosis sanatorium.

Comfortable, yet light enough to be easily moved by patients, the Paimio chair’s frame is composed of two laminated birch loops; the seat and back are formed from a single sheet of plywood that scrolls under the headrest and beneath the knees, creating a sort of pillow effect. Aalto’s use of plywood had an enormous influence on Charles and Ray Eames, Arne Jacobsen, Marcel Breuer and others who later came to the material.

Concerned with keeping up standards of quality in the production of his designs, Aalto formed the still-extant company Artek in 1935, along with Aino, whose glass designs were made by the firm. In the latter medium, in 1936 the Aaltos together created the iconic, undulating Savoy vase, so-called for the luxe Helsinki restaurant for which the piece was designed.

Artek also produced Aalto pendants and other lighting designs, many of which — such as the Angel’s Wing floor lamp and the Beehive pendant — incorporate a signature Aalto detail: shades made of concentric enameled-metal rings graduated down in diameter. The effect of the technique is essential Alvar Aalto: at once precise, simple, and somehow poetic.

Find a collection of vintage Alvar Aalto stools, vases, dining tables and other furniture on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right lounge-chairs for You

While this specific seating is known to all for its comfort and familiar form, the history of how your favorite antique or vintage lounge chair came to be is slightly more ambiguous.

Although there are rare armchairs dating back as far as the 17th century, some believe that the origins of the first official “lounge chair” are tied to Hungarian modernist designer-architect Marcel Breuer. Sure, Breuer wasn’t exactly reinventing the wheel when he introduced the Wassily lounge chair in 1925, but his seat was indeed revolutionary for its integration of bent tubular steel.

Officially, a lounge chair is simply defined as a “comfortable armchair,” which allows for the shape and material of the furnishings to be extremely diverse. Whether or not chaise longues make the cut for this category is a matter of frequent debate.

The Eames lounge chair, on the other hand, has come to define somewhat of a universal perception of what a lounge chair can be. Introduced in 1956, the Eames lounger (and its partner in cozy, the ottoman) quickly became staples in television shows, prestigious office buildings and sumptuous living rooms. Venerable American mid-century modern designers Charles and Ray Eames intended for it to be the peak of luxury, which they knew meant taking furniture to the next level of style and comfort. Their chair inspired many modern interpretations of the lounge — as well as numerous copies.

On 1stDibs, find a broad range of unique lounge chairs that includes everything from antique Victorian-era seating to vintage mid-century modern lounge chairs by craftspersons such as Hans Wegner to contemporary choices from today’s innovative designers.