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Overview

112 | Wall shelf By Artek

Designer: Alvar Aalto

Manufacture year: 1936

Type: Wooden wall shelf

Wall Shelf 112 employs lamella loops as brackets to support a substantial birch veneer panel.‎ The particular lamella loops used in the creation of Wall Shelf 112 require the strength of two people to bend them into shape and come with a single seam.‎ The brackets can be placed both below and above the panel, in which case they also serve as bookends.‎ Elegant and practical, this wall shelf displays designer Alvar Aalto’s affinity with natural materials.‎ Brackets: Form-bent solid birch lamella Shelf core: Solid birch frame, birch plywood, honeycomb Shelf surface: Birch veneer natural, black or white