Eliel Saarinen - The Architect London Monday, April 28, 2014 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    The State Railways Administration Building, Helsinki

  • Literature

    Mirika Hausen, Kirmo Mikkola, Anna-Lisa Arnberg and Tytti Valto, The Architecture Of Eliel Saarinen: Projects 1896-1923, Cambridge, 1990, p. 168, fig. 23
    Charlotte and Peter Fiell, Scandinavian Design, Cologne, 2002, p. 568

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Pair of office chairs, designed for the State Railways Administration Building, Helsinki

1909
Oak, oak-veneered wood.
Each: 82.7 x 56 x 53 cm (32 1/2 x 22 x 20 7/8 in.)
Underside of each chair with paper label HALLINTORAKENNUS/ADMINISTRATIONSHUSET/SUOMEN VALTION RAUTATIET/FINSKA STATS JARNVAGARNA and signed in black ink Lükenne.

Estimate
£25,000 - 30,000 

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Alexander Payne
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Created by Lee F. Mindel, London Auction 29 April 2014 6pm