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Home Designer Breuer, year 1929 This model is undoubtedly the work of Breuer even though he incorporated elements which were not new. The seat and back of the cane version are a clear reference to the wooden chairs of Thonet. The idea of the staright-legged cantilever is usually attributed to Mart Stam (see model…
Home Designer Breur, year 1929 This model is undoubtedly the work of Breuer even though he incorporated elements which were not new. The seat and back of the cane version are a clear reference to the wooden chairs of Thonet. The idea of the staright-legged cantilever is usually attributed to Mart Stam (see model…
Home Designer Bertoia, year 1952 Harry Bertoia, an Italian-born sculptor, was a member of the faculty of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The name of Cranbrook is associated with many famous figures in the history of furniture design: Eero Saarinen, Charles Eames, Ray Kaiser, Florence Schust, etc. Bertoia was at Cranbrook during…
Home Designer Bertoia, year 1952 Harry Bertoia, an Italian-born sculptor, was a member of the faculty of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The name of Cranbrook is associated with many famous figures in the history of furniture design: Eero Saarinen, Charles Eames, Ray Kaiser, Florence Schust (Knoll), etc. Bertoia was at Cranbrook…
Home Designer Bernard, year 1932 This English chaIr has a complicated pedigree. It is a discendant of a similar chair with a thinner seat designed in 1928 by Wassily and Hands Luckhardt and used in their home on the Ruppenhorn. The chair of the Luckhardt was first produced by Desta (Deutsche Stahlmobel), a company founded…
Designer Herbst, year 1931 This version of the low camp chair with the addition of spring arms. It probably dates from 1931. The " chair sandow" in all its versions became almost a symbol of Herbst. This successful marriage of tubular steel and elastic bands reflected his declared philosophy that materials should be adapted…
Designer Mies Van Der Rohe, year 1930 This chair was designed for the bedroom of the Turgendhat House, Brno, Czechoslovakia. It was first produced by Berliner Matallgewerbe Joseph Muller. In 1931, the production passed to Bamberg Metallwerkstatten, Berlin. 345 (Brno) Small armchair with painted or chrome-plated flat steel frame. Padded seat, back and arms…
Designer Mies Van Der Rohe, year 1930 This chair was designed for the dining area of the Tugendhat House, Brno, Czechoslovakia. As with all the furniture of Mies, this chair was first produced by Berliner Metallgewerbe Joseph Muller. In 1931, the production passed, for a very brief period, to Bamberg Metallwerkstatten, Berlin. (see model…
Home Designer Alvar Aalto, year 1952 This chair and stool are part of a collection of furniture designed for the Municipal Library of Viipuri (now in Russia). The collection is characterized by a bentwood leg for which Aalto is justly famous. The leg id formed of a solid piece of wood into which cuts have…
Designer mies Van Der Rohe, year 1927 This cantilever, with leather seat and back was first shown at the Weissenhof Housing Exhibition, 1927. From 1927 till 1930 it was produced by Berliner Metallgewerbe Joseph Muller. In 1931, the technical director of this factory opened his own company, Bamberg Metallwerkstatten, Berlin, which took over the production…
