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Fun mood image of Sam holding in the air a vintage Finnish sauna stool by Olof Ottelin, constructed entirely from solid pine using traditional timber joinery and exposed wooden dowels.
Finnsauna Lagerholm sauna stool designed by Olof Ottelin, an expressive example of functional post-war Finnish furniture design.
Sculptural Olof Ottelin pine stool combining traditional Finnish woodworking with a bold, architectural mid-century geometric form.
Close view of the exposed wooden dowel construction on Olof Ottelin's Finnsauna Lagerholm stool, with no metal fittings used in the design.
1950s Finnish pine stool by Olof Ottelin, with substantial sections of timber arranged around large openings designed for water drainage.
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Head on view of Olof Ottelin's Finnish sauna stool, revealing the almost woven pattern created by its matching sections of solid pine.
Olof Ottelin pine sauna stool produced by Finnsauna Lagerholm, Finland, circa 1955, with its distinctive geometric wooden seat.
Olof Ottelin Finnsauna Lagerholm stool showing the natural pine grain, exposed joinery and functional openings within the seat.
Close-up of end grain on a collectable Finnish Modernist furniture by Olof Ottelin, showing the sculptural geometric construction of his 1950s pine sauna stool.
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Finnsauna Lagerholm

Olof Ottelin Pine Stool

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A pine sauna stool, designed by Olof Ottelin and produced by Finnsauna Lagerholm, Finland, circa 1960.

The construction of this compact, robust & highly functional stool uses only traditional timber joinery, no metal fittings. Moreover, the exposed wooden dowels that interlock the four sections of the seat are also the main decorative element of the design.

Viewed from above, the seat's construction becomes unexpectedly graphic. The matching sections of wood appear like a woven geometric pattern. Of course, the fan display of fairly substantial chunks of wood, separated on all sides by large openings, has a very practical concern; water drainage.

Ottelin's design transforms one of the most utilitarian objects of Finnish domestic life into an unusually expressive piece of furniture - a wonderfully architectural piece that deserves to be admired outside of the sauna also, where you can properly see it!  

Designer: Olof Ottelin

Manufacturer: Finnsauna Lagerholm

Year of Design: Circa 1955

Date Produced: Circa 1960

Colour: Yellow, orange, brown

Height: 34.5 cm, Base: 32 cm square, Seat: 30.5 cm square.

Condition: Good. Age-related wear, now fully professionally restored. Clean, freshly oiled, instantly useable.