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Eero Aarnio attributed ‘Pirtti’ Chairs – Design Icons 2024 -12

Eero Aarnio attributed ‘Pirtti’ Chairs – Design Icons 2024 -12

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This set of four dining chairs are attributed to Eero Aarnio, 1960’s. This set holds a strong expression and has an organic design with rounded corners and edges. The legs are high and tapered which provides an open elegant look. The backrests are static and the opening at the top creates a more playful look. The wood structure has a beautiful grain. Please note that these items are in good, used condition. Price (Euro 690) is for the set.

However, I do question if this are Pirtti Chairs as I have seen them at Buskowski as follows:

The back is different. The hole in the back is larger. Moreover the legs are strait without cross members and the legs are smaller just under the seats…..

Werriwa Armchair by Evan Dunstone


Werriwa Armchair

Werriwa Armchair by Evan Dunstone

I revisited Leslie Webb to see if she would have new chair designes. Not so. From her site I learned she was venturing into Woodworker’s tools, Heartwood Tools, with a wonderful collection of Australian made planes in all sizes.  That site mentioned she had studied with some world renown woodworkers like David Upfill-Brown. From his site I hit Studio Woodworkers of Australia and there I came across Evan Dunstone.

Wooden Spoon Chair by Jonas Lyndby Jensen

Wooden Spoon Chair by Jonas Lyndby Jensen

Wooden Spoon chair (2008)
This dining chair is based on the classic Nordic stick chair or Windsor chair. The characteristics of the chair are the 6 sticks which are not attached to the seat, but penetrates through it and rests in the rung that brings together the hind legs.
Scandinavia has a tradition for stick chairs that are lightweight. This chair gives a twist to the traditional stick chair design.

Prototype made of soap treated ash and horse hair. Textile designed and woven by Jacob Bille.

J67 Chair by Ejvind A. Johansson

J67 Chair by Ejvind A. Johansson for FDB Møbler

“There is much more to furniture design than maths and science”
The architect Ejvind A. Johansson (1923-2002) headed the FDB design studio for three years from 1956 to 1958 after Børge Mogensen and Poul M. Volther.

He trained as a cabinetmaker, and completed his studies at the School of Arts and Crafts in 1949. At the age of 33, he was appointed head of design at FDB Møbler, where he kept the flag flying for three years.

During this period, he managed to design a range of furniture with broad appeal, and which embraced the future to a slightly greater extent than the designs of his two predecessors. This is perhaps reflected in the prices which Ejvind A. Johansson’s furniture often fetches at auction houses today.

As a cabinetmaker, he favoured – like Mogensen and Volther – solid craftsmanship combined with aesthetic design which was built for daily use.

It is therefore with great pleasure that Coop has relaunched the chair J67, designed by Ejvind A. Johansson in 1957.

By Flou price is € 339,00.