Dining suite
Designer
Alvar Aalto
Manufacturer/Maker/Editor
Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas
Finmar
Origin
Finland
Year
1930s
Design Museum Section
Finnish Design Icons
Designed by Architects
Categories
Dining suites
Designheroes ID
53912
Auction House
Phillips
Headquarter
New York, United States
Availability
sold
Condition
pre-owned/vintage
Sale name
Design
Sale Location
New York, United States
Dining suite
Dining table and set of eight stacking chairs, mod. 11/3
Dining table: laminated birch plywood, linoleum inset laminated birch plywood; chairs: birch, laminated birch plywood.
1930s
Manufactured by O.y. Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyotehdas A.b., Turku, Finland for Finmar, UK.
Dining table: 71 x 183.1 x 100 cm (27 7/8 x 72 1/8 x 39 3/8 in); each chair: 79 x 48.4 x 50 cm (31 1/8 x 19 x 19 5/8 in)
Underside of 7 chairs with manufacturer’s label ‘FINMAR LTD./DESIGN REC./787811 - 19./MADE IN FINLAND.’, 4 stamped with ‘AALTO DESIGN/MADE IN FINLAND’, ‘11 739’, ‘11 1657’ and 2 with ‘11 1101’ respectively (9).
Literature
'FINMAR LIMITED: London, S.W.1, 44 Ranelagh Road', Finmar, sales catalogue, Helsingfors, 1936, n.p. for the chair
Domus (Milan), no. 103, July 1936, p. 42; no. 435, February 1966, fig. 21; no. 676, October 1986, p. 30; no. 697, September 1988, p. 108, fig. 2 for the chair
'Finmar: Furniture of the future for the home of To-day', Finmar, sales catalogue, London, 1939, p. 5 for the chair
Arts & Architecture (Los Angeles), December 1947, p. 4 for an advertisment of the dining table
Juhani Pallasmaa, ed., Alvar aalto furniture, exh, cat., Museum of Finnish Architecture Finnish Society of Crafts and Design Artek, Helsinki, 1984,fig. 75 for the chair
Aarno Ruusuvuori, ed., Alvar Aalto: 1898-1976, exh. cat., The Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki, 1978, p. 62, fig. 86, p. 85, fig. 120 for the chair
Eva B Ottillinger, Alvar Aalto: Möbel Die Sammlung Kossdorff, Wien, 2002, p. 28, fig. 1 for the chair
Pirkko Tuukkanen, ed., Alvar Aalto: Designer, Vammala, 2002, p. 59 for a period image, p. 75 for a period image of the Paimio Sanatorium cafeteria, p. 162
Thomas Kellein, Alvar & Aino Aalto; Collection Bischofberger, Zurich, 2005, p. 19 for the chair
Domus (Milan), no. 103, July 1936, p. 42; no. 435, February 1966, fig. 21; no. 676, October 1986, p. 30; no. 697, September 1988, p. 108, fig. 2 for the chair
'Finmar: Furniture of the future for the home of To-day', Finmar, sales catalogue, London, 1939, p. 5 for the chair
Arts & Architecture (Los Angeles), December 1947, p. 4 for an advertisment of the dining table
Juhani Pallasmaa, ed., Alvar aalto furniture, exh, cat., Museum of Finnish Architecture Finnish Society of Crafts and Design Artek, Helsinki, 1984,fig. 75 for the chair
Aarno Ruusuvuori, ed., Alvar Aalto: 1898-1976, exh. cat., The Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki, 1978, p. 62, fig. 86, p. 85, fig. 120 for the chair
Eva B Ottillinger, Alvar Aalto: Möbel Die Sammlung Kossdorff, Wien, 2002, p. 28, fig. 1 for the chair
Pirkko Tuukkanen, ed., Alvar Aalto: Designer, Vammala, 2002, p. 59 for a period image, p. 75 for a period image of the Paimio Sanatorium cafeteria, p. 162
Thomas Kellein, Alvar & Aino Aalto; Collection Bischofberger, Zurich, 2005, p. 19 for the chair
Object
Dining suite
Designer
Alvar Aalto
Manufacturer/Maker/Editor
Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas
Finmar
Origin
Finland
Year
1930s
Design Museum Section
Finnish Design Icons
Designed by Architects
Categories
Dining suites
Designheroes ID
53912
Auction House
Phillips
Headquarter
New York, United States
Availability
sold
Condition
pre-owned/vintage
Sale name
Design
Sale Location
New York, United States
