1932 No. 42 Small Paimio Chair by Aino and Alvar Aalto for Artek in Birch Nakashima and has a pressure-molded sliced

and has a pressure-molded sliced veneer shell in beech

lovely grain shows beneath the dark finish

This is one of Saarinen's most iconic works

with a number of other notable works from CI Designs

designed by Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd of Pearson Lloyd for Coalesse and Walter Knoll in 2014

1932 No. 42 Small Paimio Chair by Aino and Alvar Aalto for Artek in Birch Nakashima and has a pressure-molded slicedThis is a very special and unusual chair. It is an original Armchair 42, Small Paimio, designed by Alvar Aalto and Aino Aalto for the Paimio Sanatorium in 1932. This particular piece hails from approximately the same time. The chairs frame is made from birch, which has been bent to produce a cantilevered shape. The seat and back were created from form pressed birch plywood. The chair measures 29. 5 inches long, 23. 75 inches wide, and is 28. 25 inches