Wassily chairs were expensive when they were invented in 1925 because of the originality of design that set them apart from ...

Now that architect Marcel Breuer 's famous 1925 Wassily chair has risen well past the stage of modern design icon to become ubiquitious in homes as well as offices, it's worth a look at how it ...

An original 1920s Wassily chair from the collection of antique dealer Barry Friedman fetched $30,800 (against a $30,000-to- $50,000 pre-sale estimate) last November at a Sotheby’s auction in New ...

Every time you plop yourself down in a chair at work, rush to your favorite seat in class, or lounge at your desk at home, you can thank the Bauhaus Movement. The Bauhaus was originally a German ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Wassily chair, one of several designs closely associated with the Bauhaus movement, was inspired by a bicycle ...

Wassily chair by Marcel Breuer . Bernice Harrison. Sat Aug 25 2018 - 00:00. It’s not, by even the most austere sitter’s standards, a comfortable-looking chair – not one you could see ...

The chair, called Model B3, is made by Standard-Möbel of Berlin and then by Thonet, which ceases production during World War II. 1928 Breuer designs his canti­levered Cesca chair.