| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, Île-de-France, France) | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | items designed 1925-1936 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Breuer, Marcel | en_US |
| dc.date | 1925-1936 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-06T19:41:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-06-06T19:41:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1925-1936 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 262102 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 3331 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/178165 | |
| dc.description | Chaise-longue Isokon (Isokon Chaise,1935-1936); steam-bent laminated wood and molded plywood; Soon after enrolling at the Bauhaus at Weimar, Breuer became an outstanding student in the carpentry workshop, which he led in its endeavours to find radically innovative forms for modern furniture. In practice, this meant rejecting traditional forms. Breuer interpreted the De Stijl aesthetic in his designs, which were characterized by asymmetry, discrete elements and a tendency to view the design of a chair, for example, as an architectural experiment. In spring 1925 Breuer began to experiment with tubular steel, beginning with his Wassily chair. Breuer’s best-known side chair is the B32 (1928) in chrome-plated steel, wood, and cane, which is still mass-produced. He also produced tables, for example in steel tube and wood. Breuer negotiated privately to secure marketing by Standard-Möbel, which in April 1929 was bought up by the manufacturer Thonet. Breuer eventually sold his furniture collection to the Italian design company Gavina SpA. In large part it was the Breuer Collection that motivated Knoll to acquire Gavina in 1968; many of the designs are still in production. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/16/2015) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | [items include] wood; chrome tubing; aluminum; glass; leather | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | advertising and industrial design | en_US |
| dc.subject | decorative arts | en_US |
| dc.subject | Twentieth century | en_US |
| dc.subject | Modernist | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bauhaus | en_US |
| dc.title | Marcel Breuer Furniture Collection | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-BM-PFC-7-A01 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | German | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | seat furniture | en_US |
| vra.worktype | table (support furniture) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Marcel Breuer (American designer, 1902-1981) | en_US |
