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Wassily Chair -1925 by Marcel Breuer
The Wassily Chair is Marcel Breuer's best known chair.
Named after his friend, the painter Wassily Kandinsky and designed for the Dessau Bauhaus Buildings.
He is said to have come up with his bent tubular steel concept while looking at the handle bars of his bicycle.
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With the help of a local plumber who helped him weld the frame together he managed to achieved the finished product. He hoped to have the Wassily Chair made on a bicycle production line but no one would take on the project. The form of the chair is based on the cube. The main frame of the chair appears to be one continuous piece of tubular steel, but it is not. The angle of the seat is very pronounced at 15 degrees from horizontal. The chair appears light and airy with a fluid sense of movement. The taut sling back seat back and armrests provide strength and tension to the chair. |
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