Ilmari Tapiovaara - Nordic Design London Wednesday, September 25, 2013 | Phillips
  • Literature

    Jarno Peltonen, Ilmari Tapiovaara: Sisustusarkkitehti. Inredningsarkitekt. Interior architect, Helsinki, 1984, p. 5
    Pekka Korvenmaa, Ilmari Tapiovaara, Salamanca, 1997, pp. 41, 152, pls. 306-10
    Marianne Aav and Nina Stritzler-Levine, eds., Finnish Modern Design: Utopian Ideals and Everyday Realities: 1930-1997, exh. cat., The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New Haven, 1998, p. 312, fig. 69
    Lily Kane, ed., Ilmari Tapiovaara: Interior Architect, Helsinki, exh. cat., R Gallery, New York, 2001, p. 39

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Pair of 'Wilhelmiina' chairs

circa 1959
Painted birch plywood, bent birch laminated plywood.
Each: 67.7 x 53.1 x 62.5 cm (26 5/8 x 20 7/8 x 24 5/8 in.)
Manufactured by Wilhelm Schauman Ltd., Finland. Underside of each chair branded and impressed with manufacturer's logo.

Estimate
£4,000 - 6,000 

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Nordic Design

London 26 September 2013