'Short Chair' by Marcel Breuer
by Marcel Breuer
£24,000
Aluminium 'Short chair' designed in 1932 and manufactured by Embru-Werke AG for Wohnbedarf, Switzerland.
Breuer's lounge chairs were conceived as cantilevered structures with additional supports. The difference in the lounge chairs was that the seat was both suspended between and held up by the arms, which were the main load-bearing element of the design. His talent for careful detailing is evidenced by the twist the aluminium bar was given behind and in front of the wooden armrest, adding strength for the arm at a critical stress point.
Product Description
Aluminium 'Short chair' designed in 1932 and manufactured by Embru-Werke AG for Wohnbedarf, Switzerland
Aluminium cut and twisted, ebonised wooden armrests, remnants of inscription to the underside of the seat
An invoice from P.E. Gane in Clifton, Bristol from 1936 includes the purchase of this chair, part of 4 'upright Aluminium Easy Chairs' and historic images of the chairs in-situ
Breuer's lounge chairs were conceived as cantilevered structures with additional supports. The difference in the lounge chairs was that the seat was both suspended between and held up by the arms, which were the main load-bearing element of the design. His talent for careful detailing is evidenced by the twist the aluminium bar was given behind and in front of the wooden armrest, adding strength for the arm at a critical stress point
Seat height: 36cm
Aluminium cut and twisted, ebonised wooden armrests, remnants of inscription to the underside of the seat
An invoice from P.E. Gane in Clifton, Bristol from 1936 includes the purchase of this chair, part of 4 'upright Aluminium Easy Chairs' and historic images of the chairs in-situ
Breuer's lounge chairs were conceived as cantilevered structures with additional supports. The difference in the lounge chairs was that the seat was both suspended between and held up by the arms, which were the main load-bearing element of the design. His talent for careful detailing is evidenced by the twist the aluminium bar was given behind and in front of the wooden armrest, adding strength for the arm at a critical stress point
Seat height: 36cm
Code:
11677
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Details & Dimensions
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H 98cm x W 60cm x D 79cm
H 38.6" x W 23.63" x D 31.11"
H 38.6" x W 23.63" x D 31.11"
