Armchair, Model 41

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Designer Alvar Aalto (Finnish, 1898–1976)Finnish, 1898–1976

ManufacturerManufactured by Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab(Finnish)Finnish

CultureFinnish

Titles

Armchair, Model 41

DateDesigned 1931–1932, manufactured 1934–39

Made inTurku, Finland

MediumLaminated birch plywood

DimensionsOverall: 24 7/8 × 23 9/16 × 34 3/4 in. (63.2 × 59.8 × 88.3 cm)

Credit LineThe American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection, museum purchase funded by friends of William F. Stern, FAIA, in his memory

Object number2013.701

Non exposé

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Object Type

FURNITURE

Provenance"Torbjörn Lenskog, Sweden, until 2001; Formen Hus, [House of Design Museum, Hällefors, Sweden until 2012]; [Bukowski's Auctions, Stockholm, Sweden, November 15, 2012, lot 580]; [Jacksons, Stockholm]; purchased by MFAH, 2013.
Exhibition History“Recent Accessions in Design,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April18–August 10, 2014.
Published References Pallasmaa, Juhani. Alvar Aalto Furniture. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1985. Egging, Bjørn and Thomas Kellein. Alvar and Aino Aalto: Design Collection Bischofsberger. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2005. Korvenmaa, Pekka and Marc Treib. Alvar Aalto: Between Humanism and Materialism. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2002. Tuukkanen, Pirkko. Alvar Aalto: Designer. Santa Monica, CA: RAM Publications, 2007. Numerous titles and articles on Aalto’s architecture and the Paimio Sanatorium in Turku, Finland. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Impressed under the base: no. 10
Finmar tag
Sticker under the seat: TORBJÖRN / LENSKOG / DESIGN / COLLECTION with a fant handwritten "20"
Sticker on back rail of chair handwritten with blue pen: "8044"

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