Alvar Aalto Paimio chairs – £6200 at Lacy Scott & Knight.
Some time in the early 1930s, the burghers of Norwich City Council appear to have been sufficiently cutting-edge as to purchase furniture by the designer destined to become one of the major names of 20th century design, Alvar Aalto (1898-1976), writes Terence Ryle.
Among their purchases were a pair of model 44 Paimio chairs, a model 544 three-seater Paimio sofa, a model 906 coffee table and a pair of model 611 stacking chairs, all labelled for the makers Finmar and stamped Aalto Design Made in Finland.