Not on display

Armchair

1926-1927 (made)
Artist/Maker
Standard-Möbel (manufacturer)
Marcel Breuer (designer)
Place of origin
Germany (made)

Tubular steel armchair with canvas backrest

Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Armchair
Materials and techniques
Steel
Canvas
Brief description
Armchair, German, 1926-1927, designed by Marcel Breuer and probably manufactured by Standard-Möbel & Co.
Physical description
Tubular steel armchair with canvas backrest
Dimensions
  • Height: 86.4cm (Note: Measurement converted from department files)
  • Depth: 53.9cm (Note: Measurement converted from department files)
  • Width: 44.8cm (Note: Measurement converted from department files)
Credit line
Given by Mr R. F. Bull
Object history
Designed while Breuer was teaching at the Bauhaus school in Dessau, Germany, this chair may have been manufactured by a small company founded by Breuer and fellow Hungarian Kalman Lengyel. The firm lasted from ca. 1926-1927 until 1929 when it was taken over by Thonet who conitued making the chair until ca. 1931
Bibliographic reference
Thornton, Peter. ‘A Very Special Year: The Victoria and Albert Museum’s Furniture Acquisitions in 1977’. Connoisseur, vol 198, no 196, June 1978.
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.60-1977

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O371744/armchair-marcel-breuer/
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