D40 CHAIR

Marcel Breuer

YEAR: 1928/2002
DIMENSIONS W x D x H (cm): 53 x 61 x 88 cm
FINISH: Fabric, Leather, Bauhaus Straps, Saddle Leather or Natural Wickerwork
FRAME: Nickel plated steel tube with timber armrest in black or natural beech or walnut
WARRANTY: 2 Year
LEAD TIME: Approx. 16-18 weeks

An elegant S-curve forms the signature of this iconic Bauhaus chair by Marcel Breuer; designed in 1928 and made possible by advances in bent tubular steel, a technology that revolutionised furniture design.

Breuer wrote ‘A chair...should not be horizontal/vertical, nor should it be expressionist, nor constructivist, it should be a good chair, then it will match a good table’. Handmade frame and hand woven wickerwork in Germany.

Accredited by the Bauhaus Archives in Berlin.

MARCEL BREUER

1902 - 1981

In 1925, Marcel Breuer became head of the furniture workshop in Dessau.

It was here that he devised a radical idea for chairs using tubular steel, which sparked the beginning of modern furniture design. One of the most important pieces of furniture of the 20th century, the B3 Chair (or Club Chair and the Wassily) was one of the first to be made of tubular steel.

The metal frame was inspired by a bicycle frame and the use of tubular steel required the minimum use of material to achieve maximum strength. The cantilever chair meant freedom from rigid throne-like sitting and the dawn of the modern era of furniture design can be traced to Bauhaus designers today.

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