Knoll Wassily Marcel Breuer Lounge Chair

Knoll Wassily Marcel Breuer Lounge Chair

Wassily Marcel Breuer style and design

Thick black leather upholstery in back, arm & side panels

Frame is tubular steel with a polished chrome finish

Item specifics - Antique Furniture

Type:   Chairs 

Age:     Post-1950

Style:   Mid-Century Modern

Original/Reproduction: Unknown

Condition

Very good vintage, some scratches, age appropriate wear

No labels are attached

Dimensions: w: 31" d: 26" h: 28.5"

Knoll Catalog: w: 31" d: 26 h: 28 3/4"

Knoll website: w: 31" d: 27 ½" h: 29"

Marcel Breuer

Marcel Lajos Breuer was born in Pécs, Hungary in 1902, and became one of the greatest architects and furniture designers of the 20th century. Breuer used new technologies and new materials in order to develop his "International Style" of work.

Breuer first studied art in Vienna, but was unhappy with the institution and found work at an architecture office. From 1920 to 1928 he was a student and teacher at Germany’s Bauhaus, a school of design where modern principles, technologies and the application of new materials were encouraged in both the industrial and fine arts.

After completing his studies at the Bauhaus, Breuer travelled to Paris, where he worked in an architect’s office. After a year he was appointed as head of the carpentry workshop at the Bauhaus. Breuer was given the title of "young master".