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1954 Alvar Aalto stool model X601 in rich patinated birch and Niger leather

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Alvar Aalto, Pair of X601 Stools, Artek

About the Item

This stool was designed by Alvar Aalto for Artek originally in the 1950s. We have noticed throughout the years that this stool has been often used as a bed side table. It can also be used as a table or as a flower stand for example. A simple and pragmatic standard by the genius Aalto himself. These vintage stools with rich chestnut brown leather from 1960s' are really a find. The stools have a nice vintage patina that only comes with the passage of time. Alvar Aalto is a world famous architect and designer. He was well known for designing his own line of furniture and lightings for the numerous buildings that he designed worldwide.

Creator:

Huonekalu-Ja Rakennustyötedas Oy (Manufacturer),Alvar Aalto (Designer),Artek (Retailer)

Dimensions:

Height: 17.72 in (45 cm)Width: 17.72 in (45 cm)Depth: 17.72 in (45 cm)Seat Height: 17.72 in (45 cm)

Sold As:

Set of 2

Style:

Scandinavian Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Birch,Leather

Place of Origin:

Finland

Period:

1960-1969

Date of Manufacture:

1960s'

Condition:

Reupholstered. Wear consistent with age and use. The stools has been upholstered with brown leather.

Seller Location:

Helsinki, FI

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU6346238640652

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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.

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