A Finmar laminated birch dining table lazy susan and four chairs designed by Alvar Aalto

A Finmar laminated birch dining table lazy susan and four chairs designed by Alvar Aalto, retailed by Heal's, London, circular laminated satin birch table on four rectangular section plywood legs, with separate circular lazy susan, the four chairs with solid one-piece bent laminated satin birch wood seat and back, applied Finmar label to the table,

127cm. diam, 72cm high (table)

84cm. high (chairs), (6)

Provenance

Purchased by the vendor's family from Heal's in 1936.

Literature

Christopher Wilk (editor) Modernism Designing a New World, Victoria & Albert Museum exhibition catalogue, page 164 cat. no.164 for a comparable cantilever chair the manufacture attributed to Huonekalu-Ja Rakennustyotehdas and made circa 1932-33.