Paimio Armchair
Alvar Aalto Paimio Chair 41
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning Paimio armchair 41 by Alvar Alto for Artek, Finland, in natural birch wood with black
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Vintage 1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Birch
Alvar Aalto Armchair 41 "Paimio" by Artek, 1970s
By Artek
Located in Stockholm, SE
1932, Armchair 41 was created for the interior of a tuberculosis sanatorium in the Finnish city of
Category
Vintage 1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Birch
Alvar Aalto Armchair 41 "Paimio" Produced by Artek, 1963
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Stockholm, SE
Produced 1963 by Artek, acquired new by previous owner. Designed by Alvar Aalto in 1932, Armchair
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Vintage 1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Birch
Armchair 42 “Little Paimio” Designed by Alvar Aalto, Finland, 1931
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Stockholm, SE
Armchair 42 “Small Paimio” designed by Alvar Aalto,
Finland, 1931.
Bent birch and lacquered
Category
Vintage 1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Birch
Rare Armchair 'Small Paimio' Model 42 Designed by Alvar Aalto, Finland, 1932
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare armchair 'Small Paimio' model 42 designed by Alvar Aalto,
Finland, 1932.
Painted birch
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Vintage 1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Birch, Plywood
H 24.22 in W 27.56 in D 30.71 in
Alvar Aalto Armchair Model 401, Artek
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, FI
A beautiful original Alvar Aalto armchair model 401, which was first designed in 1933. The 401
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Vintage 1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
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Alvar Aalto 400 ‘Tank’ 1936 Armchair for Artek
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Tilburg, NL
Alvar Aalto 400 ‘Tank’ Armchair for Artek. Designed in 1936. New, current production.
As
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21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
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Early Alvar Aalto Armchair Model 401 in Sheepskin, 1940s
By Huonekalu-Ja Rakennustyötedas Oy, Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, FI
1933. The 401 chair was part of the iconic Paimio Sanatorium that basically launched the Aalto name to
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Vintage 1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
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Alvar Aalto Pair of Artek Cantilever Armchairs Model 402, 1950s
By Huonekalu-Ja Rakennustyötedas Oy, Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, FI
Pikkupaimio (small paimio) associated with the legendary Paimio Sanatorium designed by Aalto.
The chairs are
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Vintage 1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Alvar Aalto Pair of Artek Cantilever Armchairs Model 401, 1950s
By Huonekalu-Ja Rakennustyötedas Oy, Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, FI
similar to the iconic one known as Pikkupaimio (small paimio) but with a higher back and "ears".
The
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Vintage 1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
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Alvar Aalto 400 ‘Tank’ 1936 Armchair in Zebra for Artek
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Tilburg, NL
Alvar Aalto 400 ‘Tank’ armchair for Artek. Designed in 1936. New, current production. Please note
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21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
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Leather, Fabric, Wood
Rare Model 30 Armchair, Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, 1950
By Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab
Located in Helsinki, FI
Rare model 30 armchair, designed by Alvar Aalto, manufactured by Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas
Category
Vintage 1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cotton, Birch
H 33.08 in W 24.02 in D 27.56 in
"Aalto goes high" Spring Chair Model 42 by Shekki
By Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Helsinki, FI
chair, also known as spring chair, `Pikku Paimio` or Small Paimio in english, in this particular case
Category
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Birch, Plywood
Early Alvar Aalto Spring Chair Model 42 For Artek 1940s
By Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Helsinki, FI
as spring chair, `Pikku Paimio` or Small Paimio in english. It is regarded as an iconic masterpiece
Category
Vintage 1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Birch, Plywood
Alvar Aalto, Padded Paimio 44 Lounge chair, Artek 1950s
By Huonekalu-Ja Rakennustyötedas Oy, Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Helsinki, FI
The famous Paimio lounge chair model 41, designed by Alvar Aalto for the Paimio Sanitarium
Category
Vintage 1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
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H 26.38 in W 24.81 in D 33.47 in
1932 Artek No. 42 Small Paimio Lounge Chair in Birch by Alvar & Aino Aalto
By Artek, Aino Aalto, Alvar Aalto
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a very special and unusual chair. It is an original Armchair 42, Small Paimio, designed by
Category
Vintage 1930s Finnish Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Birch, Plywood
H 28.25 in W 23.5 in D 29.5 in
Early Alvar Aalto Hallway Armchair in Red Lacquer Finish
By Finmar, Alvar Aalto
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A striking Model 403 Hallway Chair in red lacquer finish, designed by Alvar Aalto for the Paimio
Category
Vintage 1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Birch
Alvar Aalto Pair of ‘Tank’ 1936 Armchair for Artek
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Tilburg, NL
Alvar Aalto Pair of 400 ‘Tank’ Armchair for Artek. Designed in 1936. New, current production
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21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Alvar Aalto Pair of ‘Tank’ 1936 Armchairs in Zebra for Artek
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Tilburg, NL
Alvar Aalto pair of 400 ‘Tank’ armchair for Artek. Designed in 1936. New, current production
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
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By Huonekalu-Ja Rakennustyötedas Oy, Alvar Aalto
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By Alvar Aalto, Huonekalu-Ja Rakennustyötedas Oy
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SH 42 cm/ 1' 4 1/2".
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Materials
Birch
Artek Jl341 Aluminum Chandelier by Juha Leiviskä, Finnish Mid-Century Modern
By Artek
Located in Milano, IT
design pieces, including a wide pare of Alvar Aalto's countless creations - such as the "Paimio" and
Category
Early 2000s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of Armchairs Paimio, Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Milan, IT
Project of 1930.
Category
Vintage 1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Armchair 42 by Alvar Aalto for Artek in Birch
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Brussels, BE
Armchair 42 – or “Small Paimio” – was designed by Alvar Aalto for the Paimio Sanatorium in 1932
Category
Vintage 1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Birch
Alvar Aalto Model 401 Armchairs Matching Pair Artek Midcentury Design, Finland
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
lightweight and streamlined armchair 401 was designed for the Paimio Sanatorium. Its calm appearance was well
Category
2010s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Birch
H 41.3 in W 24.61 in D 31.5 in
Alvar Aalto Model 401 Armchairs Matching Pair Artek Midcentury Design, Finland
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
lightweight and streamlined armchair 401 was designed for the Paimio Sanatorium. Its calm appearance was well
Category
2010s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Birch
H 41.3 in W 24.61 in D 31.5 in
Alvar Aalto Model 401 Armchairs Matching Pair Artek Midcentury Design, Finland
By Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
lightweight and streamlined armchair 401 was designed for the Paimio Sanatorium. Its calm appearance was well
Category
2010s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Birch
H 41.3 in W 24.61 in D 31.5 in
Alvar Aalto Arm Chair
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Toronto, ON
Armchair designed by Alvar Aalto for the Paimio Center 1931-1933.
Category
Vintage 1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Hallway Chair 51, Alvar Aalto, Artek, Finland, 1940s
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Brussels, BE
designed for The Paimio Sanitorium. Aalto designed a few modified versions including this more comfortable
Category
Vintage 1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Birch
Pair of Hallway Armchairs, Armchair 403, by Alvar Aalto for Artek
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Denton, MD
Designed in 1932 to furnish Aalto's design masterpiece, the Paimio Sanatorium in southern Finland
Category
Early 2000s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Birch, Plywood
Pair of "Model 51" Armchairs by Alvar Aalto
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Cambridge, MA
A rare pair of "Model 51" armchairs by Finnish designer Alvar Aalto, circa 1932. Originally
Category
Vintage 1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Birch
Armchair 41 Paimio Alvar Aalto for Artek
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Berne, CH
as “Paimio” ages, it remains perfectly balanced. Designed by Alvar Aalto in 1932, Armchair 41 was
Category
Vintage 1930s Finnish Bauhaus Lounge Chairs
Materials
Birch
Alvar Aalto, Nr. 41 "Paimio" Miniature Chair
By Alvar Aalto
Located in San Antonio, TX
"Paimio" chair. Originally produced 1930-1931.
Included is the original brochure with historical detail
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
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Paimio Armchair For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the paimio armchair you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A paimio armchair — often made from wood, birch and bentwood — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect paimio armchair — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A paimio armchair is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern, Scandinavian Modern and Art Deco styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one paimio armchair that is appealing in its simplicity, but Alvar Aalto and Artek produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Paimio Armchair?
Prices for a paimio armchair start at $1,950 and top out at $92,695 with the average selling for $5,979.
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 armchairs for You
Armchairs have run the gamut from prestige to ease and everything in between, and everyone has an antique or vintage armchair that they love.
Long before industrial mass production democratized seating, armchairs conveyed status and power.
In ancient Egypt, the commoners took stools, while in early Greece, ceremonial chairs of carved marble were designated for nobility. But the high-backed early thrones of yore, elevated and ornate, were merely grandiose iterations of today’s armchairs.
Modern-day armchairs, built with functionality and comfort in mind, are now central to tasks throughout your home. Formal dining armchairs support your guests at a table for a cheery feast, a good drafting chair with a deep seat is parked in front of an easel where you create art and, elsewhere, an ergonomic wonder of sorts positions you at the desk for your 9 to 5.
When placed under just the right lamp where you can lounge comfortably, both elbows resting on the padded supports on each side of you, an upholstered armchair — or a rattan armchair for your light-suffused sunroom — can be the sanctuary where you’ll read for hours.
If you’re in the mood for company, your velvet chesterfield armchair is a place to relax and be part of the conversation that swirls around you. Maybe the dialogue is about the beloved Papa Bear chair, a mid-century modern masterpiece from Danish carpenter and furniture maker Hans Wegner, and the wingback’s strong association with the concept of cozying up by the fireplace, which we can trace back to its origins in 1600s-era England, when the seat’s distinctive arm protrusions protected the sitter from the heat of the period’s large fireplaces.
If the fireside armchair chat involves spirited comparisons, your companions will likely probe the merits of antique and vintage armchairs such as Queen Anne armchairs, Victorian armchairs or even Louis XVI armchairs, as well as the pros and cons of restoration versus conservation.
Everyone seems to have a favorite armchair and most people will be all too willing to talk about their beloved design. Whether that’s the unique Favela chair by Brazilian sibling furniture designers Fernando and Humberto Campana, who repurposed everyday objects to provocative effect; or Marcel Breuer’s futuristic tubular metal Wassily lounge chair; the functionality-first LC series from Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret; or the Eames lounge chair of the mid-1950s created by Charles and Ray Eames, there is an iconic armchair for everyone and every purpose. Find yours on 1stDibs right now.
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