Product description
THE FREESTANDING CANTILEVERED CHAIR IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY DESIGN. ITS RADICAL ELIMINATION OF THE TRADITIONAL FOUR-LEGGED STRUCTURE WAS A REVOLUTIONARY STEP BEGUN IN 1925 WITH MARCEL BREUER'S TUBULAR STEEL CLUB CHAIR.
CHROME-PLATED TUBULAR STEEL, BENT SOLID BEECH WOOD, CANE
311/2 IN. (80 CM) HIGH
LITERATURE
CHRISTOPHER WILK, MARCEL BREUER FURNITURE AND INTERIORS,
NEW YORK, 1981, P. 75
ALEXANDER VON VEGESACK, ED., THONET TUBULAR STEEL FURNITURE, FIRST COMPLETE CATALOGUE COLLECTION OF GERMAN AND FRENCH MODELS 1930-1931 (REPUBL. WEIL AM RHEIN, 1989), N.P.
MAGDALENA DROSTE, MANFRED LUDEWIG, BAUHAUS ARCHIV, MARCEL BREUER, COLOGNE, 1994, P. 92