Find many varieties of an authentic alvar aalto for artek available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of
wood,
birch and
fabric, every alvar aalto for artek was constructed with great care. There are 149 variations of the antique or vintage alvar aalto for artek you’re looking for, while we also have 1 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the alvar aalto for artek you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A alvar aalto for artek, designed in the
Mid-Century Modern,
Scandinavian Modern or
Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one alvar aalto for artek that is appealing in its simplicity, but
Alvar Aalto,
Artek and
Artek-Pascoe Inc. produced versions that are worth a look.
A alvar aalto for artek can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,600, while the lowest priced sells for $275 and the highest can go for as much as $92,695.
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.