Elli Ruuth | |
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Born | 1893 |
Died | 1975 |
Nationality | Finnish |
Occupation | Architect |
Buildings | Finnish embassy in Moscow |
Elli Ruuth (1893 – 1975) was a Finnish furniture architect. She was active in 1924 – 1952.[1][2]
Ruuth designed furniture for various state and municipal buildings.[2][3] According to Architecta, the Finnish association of women architects, her "most brilliant" works were the interiors of the Finnish embassy in Moscow and Villa Baumgartner in Helsinki.[2]
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]