Image source: Artek — Cabinet 250
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Cabinet 250
Alvar and Aino Aalto's Cabinet 250, the "cocktail cabinet", in honey-stained birch on L-legs
950 × 1000 × 400 mm
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Description
Overview
Cabinet 250, often called the "cocktail cabinet", is a cabinet by Alvar Aalto for Artek. Artek describes it as simple in form and celebratory in function, and says it was designed by Alvar and Aino Aalto during the 1930s.
Image source: Artek — Cabinet 250 · © Artek and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research. · View official product page ↗ · Image use & copyright policy
Construction
The legs are solid birch with a honey stain, and the corpus is birch veneer with a honey stain. Artek credits the cabinet to Alvar Aalto owing to the inclusion of the L-leg.
Specifications
- Overall size: 95 x 40 x 100 cm
- Legs: solid birch, honey stain
- Corpus: birch veneer, honey stain
Story
The Aino Aalto connection
Artek credits Cabinet 250 to Alvar Aalto because of its L-leg, yet points to Aino Aalto's influence: archival documents show she was the first to attach a cabinet body to the L-leg design.
A cabinet of the 1930s
Artek describes the cabinet as simple in form and celebratory in function, with an understatedly beautiful exterior, and says it was designed by Alvar and Aino Aalto during the 1930s. It also says the cabinet returns to the standard Artek collection.
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