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American Decorative Arts
Explore image in Designer: Alvar Aalto, Finnish, 1898–1976
Armchair
ca. 1937
Laminated birch plywood and buff-colored linen
28 × 23 × 28 1/2 in. (71.1 × 58.4 × 72.4 cm)
Gift of Jane Ritchie in memory of Andrew C. Ritchie
1981.53.4
Geography:
Made in New York, New York
Culture:
Finnish
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Furniture
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions 1981,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 38, no. 3 (Winter 1983): 72.
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