A rare low slung lounge chair designed by Alvar Aalto in 1938 for the Villa Mairea, manufactured in 1946 for Artek. Lightly restored birch frame with a rich natural wood tone and new burgundy woven strap seat. Exhibited: Alvar Aalto. Möbel. Die Sammlung Kossdorff, Museen des Mobiliendepots, Vienna 2002. Provenance: Coll. Kossdorff, Vienna. Literature: E. B. Ottillinger (ed.), Alvar Aalto. Möbel. Die Sammlung Kossdorff, Vienna 2002, p. 51, fig. 45.