Easy chair Alvar Aalto Museum collection / loaned by the City of Jyväskylä Designer: Alvar Aalto Designed: 1933 Maker: Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab Aalto's easy chairs were considered ultra-modern in the 1930s, but when they became acceptable as home furnishings, the upholstered versions were more popular than those with plain plywood seats. The latter were more commonly used in public spaces, but the upholstered versions were sometimes used there, as well. This chair stood in front of the fireplace in the front hall of a Modernist house designed by the architect Bertel Strömmer (1890-1962). The client who commissioned the house was a great admirer of Modernism and at the start of the 1930s he wanted modern furniture in his home. The chair remains in its original state.