The wassily chair by marcel breuer gentlemans gazette. Tubular metal chair chromeplated steel and wood and cane 1928. Designers take inspiration from things they see and things they know and as marcel breuer was an architect he was familiar with the materials used in the construction of buildings. Marcel breuer artwork for sale marcel breuer art value. The revolutionary steel club armchair, known as the wassily, remains one of his most wellknown designs to date. Provide the dimensions of your favorite stack of books.
How did the woman sitting on the tubular steel chair. See more ideas about furniture design, tubular steel and chair design. There, he became one of the very first designers who would create furniture with tubular steel. The many lives of a very common chair the new york times. Range b 10 thonet chairs, armchairs, sofas, classics. Natural beech, honey, teak, walnut, black, or white with blonde cane. At the bauhaus he designed the wassily chair and the cesca chair which is among the 10 most important chairs of the 20 th century.
Marcel breuer 19021981 architect and designerproduction. The architect and designer marcel breuer was one the 20th centurys most influential and innovative adherents of modernism. The bauhaus existed for only 14 years in germany, but for 100 years its ideas have now been passed on and its products relaunched, imitated and further developed. The wassily chair, also known as the model b3 chair, was designed by the head of the bauhaus marcel breuer in 19251926. Breuer continued to perfect the armchairs design until early 1928, when he. Marcel breuer designed the cesca chair in 1928 with the interest of comfort in mind.
Chromium plated tubular steel, glass brooklyn museum, gift of mr. It was the first such chair massproduced, starting in 1928. He choose to use one continuous steel tube in a cantilever style, a style that many designers at the time. By his own account, it was bicycle handlebars that inspired breuer to create his tubular steel chair. Our reproduction marcel breuer wassily style chair features seamless tubular steel frame with thick leather on seat, back, and arms. At the bauhaus he designed the wassily chair and the cesca chair which is. Folding chair 1928 designed by marcel breuer photograph b 18 x cm. He was also aware of products and articles that he possessed and saw around him one of which was his bicycle and which of course uses tubular steel for the frame. Bauhaus creations marcel breuer, tubular steel chair, design 1928 to understand what bauhaus stands for, and its significant importance to design and the. The time marcel breuer broke the rules and made an iconic.
The b64 was produced by thonet and was made of chromeplated tubular steel. Home products search results for marcel breuer relevance sort by popularity sort by average rating sort by latest sort by price. Architecture and design our evolving collection contains almost works of modern and contemporary art. He is one of the most important and influential designers of the twentieth century. Marcel breuer cesca cane side chair bauhaus 2 your house. Marcel breuer 1925 1930 chromeplated tubular steel and canvas german bauhaus. Inspired by a simple office chair, this swivel chair was designed for use at a desk or dining table. Marcel breuer was an apprentice at the bauhaus in 1925 when he conceived the first tubular steel chair, the wassily chair, based on the tubed frame of a bicycle. Marcel breuer, a hungarian furniture maker and architect who studied at the bauhaus and became one of its most important faculty members, was among the first to use tubular steel in chairs. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Artwork info artwork title cesca chair, model b 64 artist name marcel breuer date created 1928 classification furniture medium metal, wood, and cane. The cantilevered form exploits the possibilities unique to the material and gives the chair added flexibility and comfort. Breuer s wassily chair 192728 became an instant classic of modern design, and even today it remains one of the most recognizable examples of bauhaus design.
Here is how robert mccarter puts it in our new breuer book. The time marcel breuer broke the rules and made an iconic chair the nowiconic wassily chair was the tenacious result of going rogue. After initial experiments with tubular steel, a new material at the time, marcel breuer developed a series of small tables, including the long, narrow side table b 10. Originally designed in 1925, this iconic bauhaus style chair is constructed with a tubular chrome frame, angular seat and rust leather strap detailing. An original b32 model is in the collection of the museum of modern art in new york city even today, you can buy them, because breuer. Marcel breuer, interior with desk and tubular steel chair, house of ludwig grote. When designer and architect marcel breuer left europe in the 1930s to teach architecture at harvard and start his own practice, it served as a catalyst for the spread of modernist design, a bend in the road as fortuitous and influential as the curved steel joints in his famous tubular steel. This kind of furniture was meant to be functional, comfortable, and lightweight all at once.
Thonets tradition in the production of bentwood furniture with characteristic vienna wickerwork, in contrast with the revolutionary use of tubular steel. Marcel breuer b21 thonet bauhaus tubular steel typewriter table. Breuer s first bent metal designs were made with aluminum, the essential modern metal, but that proved both expensive and difficult to weld, so the designer soon switched to tubular steel. Breuer s first chair, now called the wassily chair a lounge chair designed in 1925 was the first tubular steel furniture made. Marcel breuer married traditional craftsmanship with industrial methods and materials to help make tubular steel furniture an international sensation and a modern institution. Marcel breuer and the wassily chair b4 chair with tubular. Marcel breuer 1902 1981 was born in hungary and later studied and taught at the bauhaus in dessau.
Collection, the museum of modern art frame 31 tubular steel cantilever chair. Marcel breuer designed 1929 produced by matrix international chromeplated tubular steel black highgloss lacquer top h. The revolutionary in abandoning the traditional construction of a fourlegs chair design, breuer. Breuer s version with a beech wood seat and back was. In 1928, breuer developed the tubular steel, wood and cane side chair, now widely known as the cesca chair, a beautifully patinaed version of which is included in the museums. Tubular steel chair designed by marcel breuer, 1926 steel. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Model b32 chair by breuer, marcel lajos, 1928 designed after 1930 manufactured. Particularly well known is his tubular steel furniture, such as the legendary wassily, created by breuer during his time at the bauhaus. Breuers most famous furniture pieces are those made of tubular steel, which include the wassily chair named after wassily kandinsky and recognizable for its leatherstrap seating supports and the caned cesca chair.
The cantilevered form exploits the possibilities unique to the material and gives the chair. Mar 30, 2015 marcel breuer designed and built the chair cesca chair in 1928 working with the steel tubes with the intention of creating a session that would ensure both comfort and elegance. Sleek and industrial, marcel breuer s circa 1930 tea cart is sublime. Breuer studied carpentry under walter gropius at the bauhaus, where he created his innovative tubular steel furniture designs including his instant classic the wassily chair. In 1928, it was the first such tubular steel frame caned seat type of chair. The wassily chair, also known as the model b3 chair, was designed by marcel breuer in 19251926 while he was the head of the cabinetmaking workshop at the bauhaus, in dessau, germany despite popular belief, the chair. The chair, based on a 1920s design by marcel breuer, has a tubular steel frame and a caned seat and back. Marcel breuer, rare chaise lounge breuer graduated in 1924 and after a brief time in paris, returned to the school as the head of the of the carpentry worship in 1925. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
The first design using the bent tubular steel was given the name b3, a numbering system breuer would use for all his furniture for the next several years. Chair of tubular steel, with seat and back panels of bent beechwood, filled with caning. Marcel breuer designed and built the chair cesca chair in 1928 working with the steel tubes with the intention of creating a session that would ensure both comfort and elegance. Even before this happened, breuer was appointed the junior master and conductor of the bauhaus dessau furniture workshop in 1925. Shop the marcel breuer chair and other marcel breuer modern designs at design within reach. Breuer extended the sculptural vocabulary he had developed in the carpentry shop at the bauhaus into a personal architecture that made him one of the worlds most popular architects at the peak of 20thcentury design. Marcel lajos breuer was a hungarianborn modernist architect, and furniture designer. Apparently, the elegantly curved tubular steel handlebars of his adler bicycle inspired him to work with this material.
Marcel breuer, tubular steel stool b8, thonet, germany, 1929. Their inventor, marcel breuer, fought against overloaded and overdecorated living styles still ubiquitous around 1920 with his elegant, reduced tubular steel furniture. See more ideas about marcel breuer, bauhaus and bauhaus design. A simple profile, clean lines and meticulous attention to detail have elevated the brno chair to an icon of twentieth century furniture design.
Cesca chair model n b 32, was designed in 1928 by marcel breuer, using tubular steel. Marcel breuer, 1925 collection, the museum of modern art frame 30 resilient tubular steel cantilever chair. With the flexible tubular steel, the first swinging cantilever chair was born. During the 1920s, breuer studied and taught at the bauhaus in germany, where his curriculum was equally focused on visual art as it was concerned with technology and industrial production. Creator model b35 lounge chair lot title marcel breuer. Antique early thonet marcel breuer b32 cesca chairs gfm. Marcel breuer headed the furniture workshop at the bauhaus from 1925 to 1928. Originally designed by marcel breuer in 1928, the cesca chair is made using durable tubular steel as its frame which is a newly invented material at that time. Nov 01, 2006 buy 2100 metal tubular chairs 01 by macel, otakar isbn. Marcel breuer, cantilever chair b64, germany, 1928tubular. The first design using the bent tubular steel was given the name b3, a numbering. Enjoy a 10% welcomediscount on your first order by being our vip customer.
Marcel breuer furniture and interiors book for sale at. A set of six marcel breuer cesca dining chairs, circa 1970s. You may recognize marcel breuer s wassily chair, but you know breuer s cesca, the bouncy metal tubular dining room chair with the often fake plastic cane seat and back. Breuer was inspired by the shape and form of a bicycle handlebars when he created one of his most famous pieces, the wassily chair no b3 in 1925. Marcel breuer architecture, bio, ideas theartstory. Awards the museum of modern art award, 1968 dimensions 31 w x 27. Available for sale from art 1900, marcel breuer, tubular steel chair. A modern reproduction knoll wassily chair by designer marcel breuer. The chair ranks as one of the highlights of interwar modernism, its use of moulded plywood anticipating the direction of postwwii furniture design and manufacture. The frame of the chair was made from polished, bent, nickelled tubular steel, which later became chrome plated. Cantilevered tubular chrome frame with cane seat and back. Tubular steel table b9 by marcel breuer for thonet.
Cesca chair 1928 designed by marcel breuer american architectdesigner marcel breuer s cesca chair marries traditional craftsmanship with industrial materials to help make tubular steel furniture an international sensation. The book is illustrated with photographs, drawings. Mar 29, 2014 tubular steel chair designed by marcel breuer, 1926. Breuer who introduced the tubular steel chair wassily in 1925 realized the opportunities this material represented and designed model b64 in 1928. Made in poland marcel breuer designed the b32 chair in 1927 and was produced by michael thonet in 1928 in poland. Ville davray, 1928 29 frame 29 first tubular metal chair.
Breuer started working on these designs when he was teaching at the bauhaus school in dessau, germany. First recognized for his invention of bicyclehandlebarinspired tubular steel furniture, breuer lived off his. How marcel breuer and his bike changed the chair design. Tubular steel, chromeplated, beech, wickergermany, 1928designer. Breuers chair was the first tubular steel frame chair, and was influenced by a tubular bicycle frame. Marcel breuer 1928 designed in 1928, marcel breuers cesca chair married traditional craftsmanship with industrial.
Vintage set of 4 matching b32 cesca chairs designed by marcel breuer and produced by thonet, features a beautiful modernist cantilever design, crafted of beech wood and handwoven cane seats, tubular steel chromed frames with curved caned back panels. While working for the bauhaus, breuer experimented with the design of tubular steel by applying the principles of the properties of materials to the shapes of the design. The long chair, with its bent frame of laminated birch wood supporting the shaped timber seat and back, was developed soon after marcel breuer settled in england in 1935. Jun 17, 2015 breuer is considered the inventor of the modern tubular steel furniture. About marcel breuer, bauhaus architect and designer. Marcel breuer, cesca chair, model b 64, 1928 sfmoma. In addition to his furniture, breuer was also a famed architect who established his own architecture firm in berlin in 1928, which he moved it to new york in 1946. For sale on 1stdibs marcel breuer furniture and interiors book in english by christopher wilk 192 pages. During that time, he designed the first tubular steel chair in the history of design. Nickelplated tubular steel construction of the frame, wooden tops lacquered in colour enamel. The austere model first appeared in the form of a c 1928 prototype. For this chair, he used the newest innovations in bending tubular steel. It was later named as the wassily chair after a story about breuers friend and colleague at bauhaus, wassily kandinsky.
Marcel lajos breuer 22 may 1902 1 july 1981, was a hungarianborn modernist, architect and furniture designer. Marcel breuer was the first designer to develop tubular steel furniture. As one of the bestknown chairs in the world, the marcel breuer s cantilever chair designed in 1927 is another example of his fondness for tubular steel. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Tubular steel frame, upholstery made in usa by knoll designed in 1930 for the tugendhat house in brno, czechoslovakia, the brno chair mirrors the ground breaking simplicity of its original environment. He rounded the front edge of the cesca seat so as not to cut into the sitters legs. Tubular steel chair designed by marcel breuer, 1926. The cantilever chair s 32 and the version s 64 with armrests are the most famous tubular steel classics.
Construction frame is seamless tubular steel with a polished chrome finish. See more ideas about marcel breuer, furniture design and marcel. New book reveals rare snapshots of private lives of famous artists. Marcel breuer holds a legacy as an accomplished architect, furniture designer, and master of modernism who pioneered the design of tubular steel furniture. The appealing combination of new and old contribute to their popularity. Inspired by his first bicycle, breuer began working on designs for a chair made of tubular steel. Physical description reclining chair, long chair, plywood, designed by marcel breuer, made by isokon furniture company, england, 19351936 reclining chair of laminated birch ply, the. It was the most innovative furniture design since thonets. It was an armchair, the first version made of nickelplated steel. Choose from 66 authentic marcel breuer chairs for sale on 1stdibs. Breuer also made several notable designs in molded plywood, including a chaise and nesting table for the british firm. Woman wearing a theatrical mask by oskar schlemmer and seated on marcel breuer s tubular steel chair, c. The present tubular steel stool was designed in 1927 by marcel breuer, when he was a young master and head of the furniture workshop at the.
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