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High Chair K65
Alvar Aalto's High Chair K65: long birch legs, a low back and a curved footrest, 1935
300 × 700 × 400 mm
1935
Finland
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Description
Overview
High Chair K65 is Alvar Aalto's long-legged chair for Artek, dated 1935. Artek names a low seat back that gives just the right amount of back support and a curved rail that serves as the foot rest.
Construction
The chair's legs and seat edge-band use solid birch, its backrest uses pressed birch plywood and its footrest is a pressed solid-birch lamella. A birch-plywood or solid-birch core sits under a seat surface of veneer, HPL, linoleum or upholstery in fabric or leather.
Specifications
- Overall size: 30 x 40 x 70 cm
- Footrest: form-pressed solid birch lamella
- Backrest: form-pressed birch plywood
- Origin: Finland
Story
Low back, curved rail
Alvar Aalto's High Chair K65 is long-legged, with a low seat back that Artek says offers just the right amount of back support. A curved rail between the legs serves as the foot rest.
A system of standardised parts
High Chair K65 belongs to the L-leg collection and is created from the original system of standardised components. Artek says it has been serving up style and substance since the 1930s.
More by Alvar Aalto
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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
L-leg Collection
Artek's L-leg Collection brings together 18 Alvar Aalto pieces built on the bent birch leg patented in 1933: stools, chairs, a bench, a day bed and tables.
