Vintage dining set by Ilmari Tapiovaara for Laukaan Pu, 1963
Netherlands
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About this vintage design furniture
Ilmari Tapiovaara Dining table with 4 chairs for Laukaan Pu, 1963
A beautiful dining room set, designed by the Finnish designer Ilmari Tapiovaara in 1963, consists of a dining table, with 4 chairs.
All in solid honey colored pine with very nice patina. The table has the typical Tapiovaara split-top separated by visible dowels.
This set is in good original vintage condition with signs of wear commensurate with age and use. The table top has a lighter discoloration due to the sun on 1 side.
table dim. Height: 72 cm Width: 160 cm Depth: 80 cm
Chair dimensions: Height: 75 cm Width: 45 cm Depth: 42 cm Seat height: 44 cm
Ilmari Tapiovaara
Modernist designer Ilmari Tapiovaara was born in Hämeenlinna, Finland in 1914. He studied interior design and industrial design at the Institute of Industrial Arts in Helsinki, graduating in 1937. While still a student, he worked for Alvar Aalto in Artek's London office ( 1935-36). After school, Tapiovaara worked for six months as an assistant in the office of the modernist architect Le Corbusier in Paris. The following year he became artistic director of Asko Oy, at the time the largest furniture manufacturer in Finland; he stayed there for three years. From 1941 to 1951 he was artistic and commercial director of the joinery in Keravan Puuteollisuus. Around that time, he and his wife, Annikki, began taking on interior projects for clients like d
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Features
- Length
- 42 cm
- Height
- 75 cm
- Depth
- 45 cm
- Designer
- Ilmari TAPIOVAARA
- Condition
- Good
- Quantity
- Set of 5
- Style
- Scandinavian
- Period
- 1960s
- Origin
- Scandinavian
- Colour
- Wood
- Secondary colour
- Wood
- Main material
- Pine
delivery and return
- Shipped from : Netherlands
- Delivery time :
- 1 week for small items
- 2 to 5 weeks for bulky products
- Return possible: up to 14 days after delivery
About the designer
Ilmari TAPIOVAARA
1914 - 1999Ilmari Tapiovaara is a leading Scandinavian designer and interior architect of the 20th century. He is famous for creating furniture for schools, universities and the army.