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Alvar Aalto Model 31 Cantilevered Lounge Chair
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Ferndale, MI
I believe this to be an early production chair in original somewhat worn finish. One of several designed by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto during time he was building a tuberculos...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Birch
Two Italian Faux Leather Chairs by Gastone Rinaldi for RIMA 1960s
By Gastone Rinaldi
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Rinaldi Gastone, RIMA, lounge chairs, Italy, 1960s
Remarkable lounge chair by Gastone Rinaldi for RIMA. Beautifully detailed metal frame, artificial l...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Metal
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Space Age pair of vintage chairs from chromed tube steel model Sabrina for Rima, Italy, 1970s.
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Alvar Aalto Model 400 "Tank" Chairs in Swans Island Company Blankets, Pair
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Italian modern chromed steel Sabrina chair by Gastone Rinaldi for Rima, 1970s
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Sabrina model chair, with seat and backrest made entirely of fine chromed steel tubing, which follows t...
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Gastone Rinaldi for RIMA Black Leather Sabrina Dining Chairs, 1970s, Set of 4
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Alvar Aalto Early Model 401 Bentwood Lounge Chair, 1940s
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Coronado, CA
An early Alvar Aalto Model 401 lounge chair, circa 1940s. 1 owner, purchased from the original buyer. This early example with unique sculpted "wi...
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Bentwood Wool Upholstery Chaise Lounge Chair by Alvar Aalto for Artek
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Located in Rockaway, NJ
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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
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Gastone Rinaldi Chair for Rima 1970s
By Gastone Rinaldi
Located in Čelinac, BA
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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. Manufactured by Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Oy in t...
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Alvar Aalto Paimio Chair 41
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Alvar Aalto Lounge Chair
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Chair Model DU41 by Gastone Rinaldi for RIMA, Italy, 1956
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Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
chair dinning bridge or small armchairs model DU41 by the designer Gastone Rinaldi for the editor RIMA in 1956. Blue lacquered, original painting, great patina, ...
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