Checkers Game "The Solitaire" in Wood by Artek, 1970s

Italy 1970, brand Artek, material wood, cm ⌀ 30

Checkers Game "The Solitaire" called also Bastille Solitaire all completely in wood, even the 33 balls.
Limited edition, this is the piece number 500. With original label.
This design game from the series produced exclusively in Italy by Alvar Aalto for Artek between the 60s and 70s.

Artek was founded in 1935 in Helsinki by Aino and Alvar Aalto, Maire Gullichsen, and Nils-Gustav Hahl to “sell furniture and promote a modern culture of living by exhibitions and other educational means.”
The name Artek is a synthesis of "art" and ‘technology’.

BO-07-0016 - available