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Lilla Åland chairs designed by Carl Malmsten

Lilla Åland chair by Carl Malmsten for Stolab

Dezeen Showroom: Swedish solid-wood furniture brand Stolab is celebrating 80 years of its Lilla Åland chair, designed by mid-century designer and architect Carl Malmsten.

To mark the anniversary, Stolab has released a limited edition run of 2,022 Lilla Åland chairs coated in smoked oak oil.

A smoked oak oil edition has been released to celebrate the anniversary

The Windsor-style chair has been produced in the same factory in Smålandsstenar continuously since it was first released in 1942.

According to Stolab, Malmsten got the idea for the design during a visit to the medieval Finström Church on the Finnish island territory of Åland.

The chair has been in constant production since 1942

"Carl Malmsten was inspired by a visit to the Finström Church on Åland in 1938, which contained a number of stick-back chairs lined up," said the brand.

"He drew them and after a few of his own adjustments and additions, typical of his own style, serial production at Stolab began."

Malmsten's design was informed by the furniture in a medieval church

Creating smoked oak for the chairs normally requires ammonia, but for the special edition version, Stolab used a more sustainable process that instead uses a warm dark stain covered with a low aromatic oil.

As part of Stolab's celebration of the Lilla Åland's 80th birthday, the brand has teamed up with Dezeen to produce a three-part video series called Stolab Stories.

Product: Lilla Åland Chair
Designer: Carl Malmsten
Brand: Stolab
Contact: annika.martensson@stolab.se

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