254. ALVAR AALTO. Recliner, model number 39, 1940s/50s.

Laminated in birch with leather upholstery, probably made by ARTEK in Hedemora which was active 1946-1956, length 165, width 61, height 71 cm HISTORY: The model was shown for the first time in the Finnish pavilion at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937 LITERATURE: Pirkko Tukkanen (ed.), Alvar Aalto Designer, 2002, model pictured p. 32.