OBJECTS
Chair 66
DESIGN
Alvar Aalto, Finland 1935.
DESCRIPTION
Materials: Solid birch and plywood.
Size: H.78 (44), W. 39, D. 42 cm
Alvar Aalto invented a bending technique for the legs involving cutting a fan pattern in a piece of solid birchwood, inserting thin pieces of plywood and glue into the grooves and bending the legs into shape while applying heat resulting in a very strong structure. Comes unassembled in flat-pack.
NOTE
Currently one birch chair in stock.
