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Marcel Breuer was the first designer to develop tubular steel furniture. This kind of furniture was meant to be functional, comfortable, and lightweight all at once. Breuer started working on these designs when he was teaching at the Bauhaus school in Dessau, Germany.

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Side Chair, Model B5

Decorative Arts

MAKER Marcel Breuer, American, born Hungary, 1902-1981

MANUFACTURER Standard-Mobel

MEDIUM Chromium plated tubular steel, blue Eisengarn canvas

DATES ca. 1926

DIMENSIONS 33 3/4 × 18 × 23 in. (85.7 × 45.7 × 58.4 cm)

COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

ACCESSION NUMBER 59.236.2

CREDIT LINE Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexis Zalstem-Zalessky

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