Alvar Alto 406 Woven Lounge Chairs for Artek-ICF Finland
View Similar Items
Alvar Alto 406 Woven Lounge Chairs for Artek-ICF Finland
About
Details
- Creator:Alvar Aalto (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 34 in (86.36 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 28 in (71.12 cm)Seat Height: 14.5 in (36.83 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 2
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1970s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. In great original vintage condition with just slight wear to the straps from age and use a few scratches to the front frame and arm of one chair and a few marks to both .
- Seller Location:Cincinnati, OH
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU925121780332
About the Designer
Alvar Aalto
An architect and designer, Alvar Aalto deserves an immense share of the credit for bringing Scandinavian modernism to a prominent place in the global arena. In both his buildings and in his vintage furniture — which ranges from chairs, 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 in 1930 as part of his overall design of a Finnish tuberculosis sanatorium. Comfortable, yet light enough to be easily moved by patients, the 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 at the headrest and beneath the knees, creating a sort of pillow effect. Aalto’s use of plywood had 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 his wife, Aino Aalto, 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.
- Grasshopper Lounge Chair by Eero Saarinen for KnollBy Eero SaarinenLocated in Cincinnati, OHA classic vintage grasshopper lounge chair in a dark blue gray contract fabric with dark walnut toned sculptural arms and legs. This was one of the first super comfortable chairs tha...Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsUpholstery, Wood
- Milo Baughman Lounge Chair W/ Ottoman for Thayer CogginBy Milo BaughmanLocated in Cincinnati, OHA re upholstered steel framed lounge chair and ottoman in a woven blended cream, beige and grayish contract fabric. The frame has patina with a mix of dull chrome looking steel not s...Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsMetal
- Eames Early Shell Chair Lounge Height for Herman MillerBy Charles and Ray EamesLocated in Cincinnati, OHAn early second generation parchment fiberglass arm shell chair with large shock mounts and black iron base in the rare lower lounge height . Having slip on black boot feet of rubber...Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsFiberglass
- Orange Slice Lounge Chair by Tempestini for Salterini, ItalyBy Maurizio TempestiniLocated in Cincinnati, OHA satin black metal framed indoor or outdoor lounge chair with metal mesh seat sculpturally formed like a orange slice hence the name . The curved legs sit on pads to provide support , manufactured by John Salterini Italy...Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
MaterialsMetal
- Early Rope Edge Eames Lounge Chair for Herman MillerBy Charles and Ray EamesLocated in Cincinnati, OHA very early 1st generation rope edge rare lounge height fiberglass arm shell chair with the larger rubber shock mounts having metal washers and satin black iron X base. The chair st...Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsIron
- Adrian Pearsall 843-C Walnut Lounge Chair for Craft AssociatesBy Adrian PearsallLocated in Cincinnati, OHA solid dark walnut very well crafted sculptural framed lounge chair with two loose cushions upholstered in a tight woven beige and cream fabric . The arms have a scooped out rest , ...Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsUpholstery, Walnut
- Alvar Aalto, Lounge Chair, Birch, Fabric, Artek, Finland, c. 1970sBy Alvar Aalto, ArtekLocated in High Point, NCA birch and fabric lounge chair designed by Alvar Aalto and produced by Artek, Finland, c. 1970s.Category
Vintage 1970s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
MaterialsFabric, Birch
- Alvar Aalto Model 406 Lounge ChairsBy Alvar AaltoLocated in Highland, INAalto's 1936 design, the model 406 lounge chair is a perfect example of understated Finnish design. The bent wood cantelivered frame of laminated birch and n...Category
Vintage 1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsBirch
$4,200 / item - Alvar Aalto Cantilevered Leather Lounge Chair for ArtekBy Artek, Alvar AaltoLocated in Los Angeles, CAArtek’s Model 406 lounge chair designed by Alvar Aalto. The cantilevered frame is a bent birch wood that gives the seat a floating effect. The chair's seat and seatback is finished i...Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsLeather, Birch
- 400 Tank Lounge Chair by Alvar Aalto for ArtekBy Alvar AaltoLocated in Long Island City, NY400 Tank Lounge Chair by Alvar Aalto for Artek, crafted in birch plywood with curved armrests. Newly reupholstered in chocolate mohair. Designed in 1936Category
20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsMohair, Bentwood
- Alvar Aalto 401 Wingback Chair Artek, Finland, 1970By Artek, Alvar AaltoLocated in Hillringsberg, SEThis wingback lounge chair model 401 were designed by Alvar Aalto for Artek, Finland, 1933. With a birch plywood frame and white/grey fabric. This version of the chairs was produced ...Category
Vintage 1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsBirch, Textile
- Birch Wingback Lounge Chair by Alvar Aalto for ArtekBy Artek, Alvar AaltoLocated in Sagaponack, NYA rare and sculptural wingback lounge chair having a cantilevered laminated birch frame and retaining its original handstitched textured linen upholstery.Category
Vintage 1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsBirch, Upholstery
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
The Very Modern Love Story of Mid-Century Design Duo Alvar and Aino Aalto
A power couple before the term existed, the influential pair made work that still resonates today.
What Makes Scandinavian Modernism and Nordic Design So Irresistible?
Andrew Duncanson, founder of the Stockholm- and London-based gallery Modernity, weighs in on the masters of mid-century furniture and decorative arts.