1932 No. 42 Small Paimio Chair by Aino and Alvar Aalto for Artek in Birch Nakashima lovely grain shows beneath the

lovely grain shows beneath the dark finish

and has a pressure-molded sliced veneer shell in beech

They feature legs of chromed tubular steel

It is signed by Richard Schultz underneath as shown

1932 No. 42 Small Paimio Chair by Aino and Alvar Aalto for Artek in Birch Nakashima lovely grain shows beneath theThis 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