Elli Ruuth (1893 – 1975) was a Finnish
furniture
Furniture refers to objects intended to support various human activities such as seating (e.g., Stool (seat), stools, chairs, and sofas), eating (table (furniture), tables), storing items, working, and sleeping (e.g., beds and hammocks). Furnitur ...
architect. She was active in 1924 – 1952.
Works
Ruuth designed furniture for various state and municipal buildings.
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
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
.
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.
References
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Finnish architects
1893 births
1975 deaths