SPECIAL ADVISORY: To safeguard against the spread of COVID-19, the Yale University Art Gallery will remain closed until further notice. Learn More
American Decorative Arts
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
Status:
By appointment
Culture:
Finnish
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Furniture
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions 1981,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 38, no. 3 (Winter 1983): 72.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
