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A LATER COPY OF A WASSILY CHAIR BY MARCEL BREUER
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A LATER COPY OF A WASSILY CHAIR BY MARCEL BREUER
A LATER COPY OF A WASSILY CHAIR BY MARCEL BREUER
Later copy of a Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer
The Wassily Chair, also known as the Model B3 chair, was designed by Hungarian-born modernist architect and furniture designer Breuer between 1925-1926.
Breuer was inspired to create the chair while riding his bicycle – he envisioned taking the tubular steel used for the handlebars and bending it into pieces of furniture. Breuer took the traditional form of an overstuffed club chair and simplified it down until it was just an outline, with a canvas seat, back and arms.
The chair soon became known as the Wassily Chair, named after the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky – Breuer's friend and fellow Bauhaus instructor – who praised the design when it was first produced.
