Elli Ruuth Explained

Elli Ruuth
Nationality:Finnish
Birth Date:1893
Death Place:1975
Significant Buildings:Finnish embassy in Moscow

Elli Ruuth (1893 – 1975) was a Finnish furniture architect. She was active in 1924 – 1952.[1] [2]

Works

Ruuth designed furniture for various state and municipal buildings.[3] According to Architecta, the Finnish association of women architects, her "most brilliant" works were the interiors of the Finnish embassy in Moscow and in Helsinki.

Finnish Association of Women Architects

In 1919, Elli Ruuth together with Elsa Arokallio, Elsi Borg, Salme Setälä, Eva Kuhlefeld and Aili-Salli Ahde-Kjäldman, was part of the founding group of the Tumstocken association and then the Finnish Association of Women Architects.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historia . 2023-09-03 . Architecta . fi.
  2. Saarikangas . Kirsi . PhD thesis. 1993 . Model houses for model families : gender, ideology and the modern dwelling: the type-planned houses of the 1940s in Finland. Studia Historica. 45. Suomen Historiallinen Seura. 0081-6493 . 951-8915-65-2. Landon. Philip. Snellman. Tomi.
  3. Web site: 2014-01-07 . Viipurin käskynhaltijan palatsista Heinolan kautta Kuopioon . 2023-09-03 . Juristiuutiset.
  4. Web site: J. S. Sirén . 2023-09-03 . Arkkitehtuurimuseo . fi.