Wassily Chair
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Wassily chair. It is said that the design created by marcel breuer out of bent tubular steel and canvas was inspired by the handlebars of a bicycle. Usually ships within 2. The steel tube perfectly corresponded with the contemporary aesthetic of the machine a manifesto of the design ideal of the 1920s. Only 3 left in stock order soon.
The wassily chair is easily one of the most recognizable furniture designs to come out of the bauhaus era. Breuer later named the chair after wassily kandinsky the first person to whom he showed the chair. Apexstore marcel breuer wassily style chair cowhide. The wassily chair also known as the model b3 chair was designed by marcel breuer in 1925 1926 while he was the head of the cabinet making workshop at the bauhaus in dessau germany.
Inspired by the frame of a bicycle and influenced by the constructivist theories of the de stjil movement marcel breuer was still an apprentice at the bauhaus when he reduced the classic club chair to its elemental lines and planes forever changing the course of furniture design. 5 0 out of 5 stars 4. Make offer mid century modern wassily style black leather chrome chair professional sleek cognac wassily b3 chair by marcel breuer 1968 original rare 3 250 00. Wassily chair item share this marcel breuer 1925.
The wassily chair was first built by marcel breuer at the bauhaus institution in dessau germany. The composition of leather strips suspended on steel tubes was the first chair of its kind. The chair which would later become world famous as the wassily chair was first manufactured in the late 1920s by thonet as model b3. 1 16 of 39 results for wassily chair zane chair.
Despite popular belief the chair was not designed specifically for the non objective painter wassily kandinsky who was on the bauhaus faculty at the same time. Breuer found his inspiration for the chair in the bent form of a bicycle handlebar available for the first time in steel due to a development in technology. More than being a true design icon the wassily is considered the very first chair ever created with steel tube.