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Bench 168B
Alvar Aalto's Bench 168B in solid birch with L-legs, offered with a solid or an upholstered top
1500 × 450 × 350 mm
Finland
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Description
Overview
Bench 168B is a bench by Alvar Aalto for Artek. Artek calls it generously proportioned and gives it all the virtues of an Aalto Bench, adding that it can serve as seating, storage or display.
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Construction
Solid birch forms the legs. The seat core is made of solid birch, birch plywood and honeycomb, and the seat surface is birch veneer, or a fabric or leather cover on PU foam padding.
Specifications
- Overall size (solid top): 150 x 35 x 45 cm
- Legs: solid birch
- Seat core: solid birch, birch plywood and honeycomb
- Seat surface: birch veneer, or a fabric or leather cover on PU foam padding
- Origin: Finland
Story
Public and private spheres
Artek places Bench 168B in both public and private spheres and describes it as easy to move yet sturdy enough to withstand years of service, even in heavy-use environments.
Solid top or upholstered top
The bench comes with a solid top or an upholstered top. Its birch legs are listed in clear, white and black lacquer, and the upholstered versions pair lacquered birch legs with a fabric seat or a leather seat.
More by Alvar Aalto
Chair 611
Alvar Aalto's stackable birch chair with a linen webbing seat and back, dated 1929
Armchair 402
Alvar Aalto's cantilever armchair with a cushioned seat, shown at Milan in 1933
Chair 65
Alvar Aalto's low-backed birch chair with a round seat, dated 1935
Lounge Chair 43
Alvar Aalto's cantilevered birch lounge chair with linen webbing, dated 1937
Collection
Aalto Benches
Artek's Aalto Benches by Alvar Aalto: Bench 153A, 153B, 168B and 167 with slatted, solid or upholstered tops, solid birch legs and Aalto's L-leg system.
