L Leg Table Alvar Aalto 1935

From the collection of
Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
This table is an extraordinary example of the kind of design conceived by the Finnish Alvar Aalto, that meant a revolution and whose influence is still present. Made around 1930, it is a birch plywood wooden piece with the legs slightly bent in the upper part, also called “L Leg”. This is the end result of the author’s research into wood’s curvature that resulted in the famous three-legged stacking stool.

Details
Title: L Leg Table
Creator: Alvar Aalto
Date Created: 1935
Physical Dimensions: w63 x h57 cm (Complete)
Original Tittle: Mesa
Type: Furniture
Rights: Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas. Ministerio de Educación Cultura y Deportes. España, Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. España
External Link: CERES

Alvar Aalto

Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (Feb 3, 1898 - May 11, 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer, as well as a sculptor and painter His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware Aalto's early career runs in parallel with the rapid economic growth and industrialization of Finland

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During the first half of the twentieth century and many of his clients were industrialists; among these were the Ahlström-Gullichsen family The span of his career, from the 1920s to the 1970s, is reflected in the styles of his work, ranging from Nordic Classicism of the early work, to a rational International Style Modernism during the 1930s to a more organic modernist style from the 1940s onwards His furniture designs were considered Scandinavian Modern What is typical for his entire career, however, is a concern for design as a Gesamtkunstwerk, a total work of art; whereby he – together with his first wife Aino Aalto – would design not just the building, but give special treatments to the interior surfaces and design furniture, lamps, and furnishings and glassware The Alvar Aalto Museum, designed by Aalto himself, is located in what is regarded as his home city Jyväskylä.
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