$4,200 / item
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.
Birch
$3,200 / set
Model 406 Lounge Chairs by Alvar Aalto for Artek
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 1970s. Denmark. Price is for the set. Contact us if you’d like to purchase a single item. Previous mark where ICF label was is pictured for both chairs.
Cotton, Birch
1970s Alvar & Aino Aalto for Artek / ICF 406 Lounge Chairs in Beech w/ Webbing
By Artek, Aino Aalto, Alvar Aalto
Located in Philadelphia, PA
These are 406 Arm Chairs, originally designed by Aino and Alvar Aalto in 1939.
Birch, Fabric
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.
Cane, Birch
1960 Alvar Aalto Cantilever Chair Model 406 by Artek in Birch and Cane Webbing
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Chicago, IL
Alvar Aalto, cantilevered chair model 406. Laminated birch, cane.
Cane, Birch
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.
Cane, Birch
1934 Alvar Aalto Model 406 Made by O.Y. Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas. Original
By Alvar Aalto, O.Y.Huonekalu
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
Alvar Aalto's ubiquitously successful and iconic Model 406 cantilever lounge chair started here.
Canvas, Birch
Alvar Aalto Lounge Chair, Model 406 by Artek
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Vordingborg, DK
Cantilevered lounge chairs model 406 designed by Alvar Aalto for Artek. Bent laminated birch wood frames with woven canvas strapped seating.
Linen, Birch
Early Alvar Aalto Armchair, Model 406, Artek, Finland, 1950s
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Hudson, NY
Early Alvar Aalto cantilever armchair, model 406. The laminated birch plywood frame originally came with a woven cane webbing, replaced with an naturalistic alternating-color cotton ...
Cotton, Birch
Alvar Aalto 40s 406 Chair
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Tomi, Nagano
40s 406 chari.upholstery by jute webbing. early production.
Fabric, Birch
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 formed from a single piece that is then split in half, ensuring that as the chair ...
Bentwood
Armchair 406 "Pension Chair" by Alvar Aalto for Artek
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Seattle, WA
2005 production Armchair 406 by Alvar Aalto for Artek in birch and natural webbing.
Birch
Alvar Aalto Armchair 406, Bentwood, Mid-Century Modern, Finland
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Centreville, VA
Armchair 406 combines simple elegance with comfort. Since wood changes over time, the armrests are formed from a single piece that is then split in half, ensuring that as the chair ...
Bentwood
Alvar Aalto Model 406 Lounge Chair by Artek
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alvar Aalto model 406 lounge chairs. Bent natural wood frames with woven canvas strapped seating.
Canvas, Bentwood
Alvar Aalto Easy Chair Model 406 by Artek in Finland
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Cantilevered easy chair model 406 designed by Alvar Aalto. Produced by Artek in Finland.
Cane, Birch
Alvar Aalto Model 406 armchair for Artek, 1970s
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Gorgeous and elegant cantilever design armchairs designed by Alvar Aalto in 1939 and produced until today by Artek. This armchair consists of a cantilevered birchwood frame, thats m...
Fabric, Birch
Alvar Aalto, Early Lounge Chair Model 406, Artek, Hedemora
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Uppsala, SE
Early production, model 406 easy chair, by Alvar Aalto for Artek, Hedemora, circa 1950.
Hemp, Birch
Sold
H 34.26 in W 23.63 in D 27.17 in
Alvar Aalto Cantilevered Easy Chair Model 406 by Artek in Finland
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Cantilevered easy chair model 406 designed by Alvar Aalto. Produced by Artek in Finland.
Cane, Birch
Sold
H 33.47 in W 23.63 in L 33.47 in
Alvar Aalto Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs Model 406 in Birch by Artek, 1960s
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Odense, DK
Early pair of Alvar Aalto cantilever chairs model 406 Artek, 1960. Beautiful vintage armchairs made from laminated birch.
Birch
Pair of Armchairs Model 406 by Alvar Aalto for Artek
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
Alvar Aalto designed the armchair model 406 in 1938 for his company Artek founded in 1935.
Birch, Linen
Alvar Alto 406 Woven Lounge Chairs for Artek-ICF Finland
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A pair of sculptural bent birch wood framed lounge chairs with black woven strap seating by Finish designer Alvar Alto. A very comfortable Classic form with ergonomics in mind, retai...
Bentwood
Pair of Vintage ICF Bentwood Alvar Aalto 406 Pension Lounge Chairs
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Pasadena, TX
A pair of Scandinavian bentwood lounge chairs designed by Alvar Aalto and manufactured by ICF (Artek) Finland. These chairs feature birch frames with a seat and backrest made of wove...
Birch, Linen
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 formed from a single piece that is then split in half, ensuring that as the chair ...
Bentwood
Artek 406 Armchair by Alvar Aalto
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in New York, NY
Armchair 406 combines simple elegance with comfort. Since wood changes over time, the armrests are formed from a single piece that is then split in half, ensuring that as the chair a...
Wood
Pair of Alvar Aalto Bentwood 406 ICF Lounge Chairs
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Wayne, NJ
Pair of Alvar Aalto bentwood lounge chairs.
Early Pair of Alvar Aalto Armchairs Chair Model 406 Artek, 1960
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Vienna, AT
Early pair of Alvar Aalto chairs model 406 Artek, 1960. Nice pair of armchairs made from laminated birch.
Cotton, Birch
Alvar Aalto Lounge Chairs ICF 2 available
By Alvar Aalto, ICF Group
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Alvar Aalto lounge Chairs, model 406. 2 Chairs Available.
Cotton, Birch
Pair of Lounge Chairs #406 by Alvar Aalto for Artek
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Dorchester, MA
Designed by Alvar Aalto in 1939, this armchair is known as the Pension chair. It is composed of a cantilevered birch plywood frame and a linen webbed seat.
Sold
H 34 in W 23 in D 28 in
Alvar Aalto Armchair Model 406 Pair of Cantilever Chairs by Artek, circa 1970s
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Alvar Aalto armchair model 406 pair of cantilever chairs by Artek, circa 1970s Magnificent early Alvar Aalto model 406 Cantilever lounge chairs by Artek circa 1970s, natural bentw...
Birch
Model #406 Armchairs Pair by Alvar Aalto, Made in Finland for ICF
By ICF New York, Alvar Aalto
Located in Denver, CO
The classic, model #406 lounge combines warmth, comfort and simple elegance in a solid birch, cantilevered frame and cotton webbing, lightweight but designed with durability. A wonde...
Textile, Birch
Pair of Alvar Aalto Cantilever Chairs 406 by Artek
Located in New Jersey City, NJ
Pair of chairs in birch and black webbing designed by Alvar Aalto and manufactured in Finland in the late 1960s. The chairs have been refinished and are in perfect condition.
Pair of Alvar Aalto #406 Lounge Chairs
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Oaks, PA
Pair of Alvar Aalto #406 lounge chairs. Each one of typical form with woven black fabric and sculptural bentwood birch frame, by Artek, IFC.
Bentwood, Birch, Fabric
Alvar Aalto 406 Lounge Chairs for Artek
By Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Hudson, NY
Alvar Aalto model 406 lounge chairs. Bent natural wood frames with woven canvas strapped seating.
Plywood
Sold
H 34 in W 23 in D 28 in
Alvar Aalto Armchair Model 406 Pair of Cantilever Chairs by Artek, circa 1970s
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Alvar Aalto armchair model 406 pair of Cantilever chairs by Artek, circa 1970s Magnificent early Alvar Aalto model 406 Cantilever lounge chairs by Artek circa 1970s, natural bentw...
Birch
Sold
H 34.26 in W 23.63 in D 28.35 in
Alvar Aalto Cantilever Chair 406 by Artek in Birch and Cane Webbing
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Basel, CH
A stunning Alvar Aalto cantilever chair, model 406 designed in 1939 and manufactured by Artek in Finland in the late 1960s.
Birch, Cane
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.
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.