Clarice Cliff, Art Deco & Design - Day One - 16th March 2022
Lot 284
A Finmar laminated birch dining table lazy susan and four chairs designed by Alvar Aalto
Estimate £2,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £15000
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Description
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.