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1930s Bauhaus Floor Lamp, Czechoslovakia
By Bauhaus
Located in Praha, CZ
-Cleaned, repolished and rewired
- chrome plated parts with some signs of use
- adjustable shelf 48-125 shade diameter 30, shelf diameter 28.
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Functionalist Desk Czech Bauhaus Tubular Steel, 1930s
Located in Wien, AT
This functionalist desk, with a construction of bent tubular steel was made in Czech Republic
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Mucke & Melder Bauhaus Original Upholstered Armchairs, Czech Republic 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Almelo, NL
Mucke & Melder Bauhaus Original Upholstered Armchairs, Czech Republic 1930s
A pair of two
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Armchairs
Materials
Chrome
H 31.89 in W 23.23 in D 32.68 in
Contemporary Sideboard Czech Functionalism Bauhaus Art Deco
By Tschechisches Wohndesign
Located in Wien, AT
This sideboard was produced by Tschechisches Wohndesign Manufaktur in the style of Czech
Category
2010s Czech Bauhaus Sideboards
Materials
Stainless Steel
Bauhaus Dressing Mirror Czech Mücke Melder 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Wien, AT
Original chrome plating in good condition with patina.
The original lacquer was cleaned.
Original mirror.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Bauhaus Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Materials
Chrome
Coatrack in Bauhaus design Art Deco Czechoslovakia 1930s Tube Steel by Jala
By Bauhaus
Located in Vienna, AT
Coatrack in Bauhaus design Art Deco Czechoslovakia 1930s tube steel by manufacturer Jala. A very
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Hat Racks and Stands
Materials
Steel
H 42.52 in W 19.69 in D 17.72 in
Restored Bauhaus Coffee Table, by Mücke Melder, Chrome, Czech, 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored Bauhaus Coffee Table Made By Mücke Melder.
Maker: Mücke Melder
Maker catalog number: Tn
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus More Mirrors
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Original Bauhaus Walnut Table, Original Condition, Revived Polish, Czech, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Original Bauhaus table
Period: 1930-1939
Source: Czechia
Material: Chrome-Plated Steel, Walnut
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 27.56 in W 39.38 in D 27.56 in
Original Bauhaus Armchair, by Mücke - Melder, Beech, Chrome, Czech, 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Made by Mücke Melder, an influential modernist furniture manufacturer specializing in tubular steel
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Chairs
Materials
Chrome, Steel
H 33.08 in W 21.26 in D 22.45 in
20th Century Czech Square Umakart Bauhaus Table, Chrome-Plated Steel, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Original well preserved condition
Bauhaus chrome table
Style: Bauhaus, midcentury
Period: 1940
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Bauhaus Tables
Materials
Chrome
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 16.54 in
Contemporary Tubular Steel Sideboard Czech Functionalism Bauhaus
By Tschechisches Wohndesign
Located in Wien, AT
Contemporary Tubular Steel sideboard Czech Functionalism Bauhaus. This sideboard with a
Category
2010s Czech Modern Side Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Restored Bauhaus Armchair, by Mücke-Melder, New Upholstery, Czech, 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored Bauhaus Armchair by Mücke - Melder
Source: Czechia (Czehoslovakia)
Period: 1930-1939
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Armchairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 40.56 in W 31.5 in D 22.84 in
Restored Bauhaus Armchair, by Mücke-Melder, Original Upholstery, Czech, 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored Bauhaus Armchair by Mücke - Melder
Source: Czechia (Czehoslovakia)
Period: 1930-1939
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Armchairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 31.5 in
Restored Bauhaus Round Table, by Robert Slezák, Spruce, Walnut, Czech, 1930s
By Robert Slezák
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Czech furniture brand specialising on chrome and bent metal furniture
It has been re-polished with
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Tables
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Original Bauhaus Armchair, Chrome-Plated Steel, Cleaned Upholstery, Czech, 1950s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
restored.
This item features classic Bauhaus design elements. Elements of this style are neutral colors
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Bauhaus Armchairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 30.71 in W 24.02 in D 17.33 in
Restored Czech Round Oak Bauhaus Table by Mücke & Melder, Chrome, 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Bauhaus chrome table
Style: Bauhaus.
Period: 1930-1939.
Material: Oak and chrome
Source
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Tables
Materials
Chrome
Restored Czech Round Oak Bauhaus Table by Mücke & Melder, Chrome, 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Bauhaus chrome table
Style: Bauhaus.
Period: 1930-1939.
Material: Oak and chrome
Source
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Tables
Materials
Chrome
Restored Czech Round Oak Bauhaus Table by Mücke & Melder, Chrome, 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Bauhaus chrome table
Style: Bauhaus.
Period: 1930-1939.
Material: Oak and chrome
Source
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Tables
Materials
Chrome
Restored Bauhaus Side Table, Walnut, Chrome-Plated Steel, Czech, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored Bauhaus Side Table.
Source: Czechia
Period: 1930-1939
Material: Walnut, Chrome-Plated
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Side Tables
Materials
Metal, Steel, Chrome
H 25.99 in W 27.56 in D 16.54 in
Restored Bauhaus Pair of Armchairs, by Hynek Gottwald, Leather, Czech, 1930s
By Hynek Gottwald
Located in Horomerice, CZ
pioneers of metal furniture.
This item features classic Bauhaus design elements. Elements of this style
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Armchairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 29.53 in W 24.81 in D 33.47 in
20th Century Restored Czech Bauhaus Chrome Small Table, Oakwood, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Small Czech chrome Bauhaus table.
Period: 1930-1939
Source: Czechia.
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
H 27.56 in W 27.17 in D 18.12 in
Restored Bauhaus H79 Chair, by J. Halabala, UP Zavody, Chrome, Czech, 1930s
By Jindrich Halabala, Up Závody
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored Bauhaus Chair Deisgned By Jindrich Halabala.
Designer: Jindrich Halabala
Maker: UP Zavody
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 32.29 in W 22.84 in D 27.56 in
Restored Bauhaus Table Lamp, New Electrification, Chrome, Czech, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored Bauhaus table lamp.
Period: 1930-1939.
Material: Chrome-plated steel, aluminium (lamp
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
H 21.66 in W 6.5 in D 13.78 in
1930s Glass Plate Pendant from the Czech-Bauhaus Movement
Located in Vienna, Austria
with a small chip on the upper side.
Perhaps You are wondering about the title, Czech-Bauhaus
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass
Restored Bauhaus Wardrobe, by Hynek Gottwald, Walnut, Chrome, Czech, 1930s
By Hynek Gottwald
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Made by Hynek Gottwald, a company credited with being the pioneers of metal furniture.
This item
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 70.87 in W 63 in D 19.69 in
Zukov Czech Bauhaus Cubist Deco Pendant Chandelier
By Zukov
Located in New York, NY
A Czech Bauhaus pendant composed of a polished chrome body and custard glass bowl shades. Newly
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Chrome
20th Century Small Czech Restored Chrome Bauhaus Oak Table, Robert Slezák, 1930s
By Robert Slezák
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Small Czech chrome Bauhaus table.
Period: 1930-1939
Source: Czechia.
Material: Oak and chrome
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Tables
Materials
Chrome
H 20.87 in W 28.75 in D 30.71 in
Restored Bauhaus Armchair, by Karel Josef Říha, New Upholstery, Czech, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored Bauhaus Armchair
Source: Czechia (Czehoslovakia)
Period: 1930-1939
Material: Upholstery
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Armchairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 32.68 in W 23.23 in D 27.17 in
Contemporary Tubular Steel Sideboard Czech Functionalism Bauhaus
By Tschechisches Wohndesign
Located in Wien, AT
Contemporary Tubular steel sideboard Czech functionalism Bauhaus. This sideboard with a
Category
2010s Czech Modern Sideboards
Materials
Stainless Steel
Set of Two Restored Bauhaus Armchairs, Chrome, Beech, Cowhide, Czech, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored Bauhaus Pair of Armchairs.
Source: Czechia (Czehoslovakia)
Period: 1930-1939
Material
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Armchairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 29.14 in W 24.02 in D 27.96 in
Chrome Czech Bauhaus Green Rounded Table, 1930s, Original Very Well Condition
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Bauhaus Art Deco table
Source: Czech (Czechoslovakia)
Period: 1930 - 1939
Material: Chrome and
Category
20th Century Czech Bauhaus Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Original Bauhaus Dining Table, by Mücke - Melder, Well Preserved, Czech, 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Original Bauhaus dining table.
Period: 1930-1939
Source: Czechia
Material: Chrome-Plated Steel
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Dining Room Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 30.32 in W 49.22 in D 37.41 in
Restored Bauhaus Table, by Hynek Gottwald, Chrome-Plated Steel, Czech, 1930s
By Hynek Gottwald
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Made by Hynek Gottwald, a company credited with being the pioneers of metal furniture.
Our
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome, Steel
H 28.75 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in
Restored Bauhaus Flower Pedestal, by Robert Slezák, Chrome, Steel, Czech, 1930s
By Robert Slezák
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Made by Slezak Factories, a unique Czech furniture brand specialising on chrome and bent metal
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Chrome, Steel
H 70.48 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Restored Bauhaus Pair of Armchairs, Karel E. Ort, Hynek Gottwald, Czech, 1930s
By Karel Ort, Hynek Gottwald
Located in Horomerice, CZ
credited with being the pioneers of metal furniture.
This item features classic Bauhaus design elements
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Armchairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 32.68 in W 23.23 in D 27.17 in
Pair of Czech Bauhaus Armchairs, Marcel Breuer and Thonet, Chrome, Fabric, 1930s
By Marcel Breuer, Thonet
Located in Horomerice, CZ
: Bauhaus.
Period: 1930-1939.
Material: Fabric and chrome-plated steel
Source: Czechia.
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Chairs
Materials
Chrome
H 33.08 in W 22.84 in D 25.99 in
20th Century Small Red Czech Chrome Bauhaus Table by Kovona, 1950s
By Kovona
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Small chrome Bauhaus table
Period: 1950-1959
Material: Chrome and lacquered wood
Source: Czech.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Bauhaus Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Small Set of Bauhaus Chrome Furniture for Children, 1940s
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1940s, Czechoslovakia
- Original condition with patina, see the photos.
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Children's Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Restored Bauhaus Pair of Armchairs, by Thonet, by Marcel Breuer, Czech, 1930s
By Marcel Breuer, Thonet
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored Bauhaus Pair of Armchairs Made By Thonet.
Designer: Marcel Breuer
Maker: Thonet
Material
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Armchairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome, Iron
H 33.47 in W 22.05 in D 26.38 in
Restored Bauhaus Armchair with Foot Stool, by Mücke-Melder, Steel, Czech, 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Horomerice, CZ
(18.9 in)
Made by Mücke Melder, an influential modernist furniture manufacturer specializing in tubular
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Armchairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 31.5 in
Restored Bauhaus Writing Desk, by Robert Slezák, Walnut, Chrome, Czech, 1930s
By Robert Slezák
Located in Horomerice, CZ
.
Made in Slezak company under license from Thonet.
Made by Slezak Factories, a unique Czech furniture
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 29.93 in W 59.06 in D 29.53 in
Restored Bauhaus Writing Desk, by Robert Slezak, Beech, Chrome, Czech, 1930s
By Robert Slezák
Located in Horomerice, CZ
, a unique Czech furniture brand specialising on chrome and bent metal furniture.
It has been re
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome, Steel
H 29.14 in W 57.09 in D 28.35 in
Restored Bauhaus Pair of Bed-Side Tables, Chrome-Plated Steel, Czech, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored Bauhaus Pair of Bed-Side Tables.
Period: 1930-39
Source: Czechia (Czechoslovakia
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Side Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 25.6 in W 14.77 in D 13.78 in
Restored Bauhaus Writing Desk With Chair, Chrome, Steel, Wood, Czech, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
.
This item features classic Bauhaus design elements. Elements of this style are neutral colors and
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 30.71 in W 47.25 in D 27.56 in
Restored Bauhaus Small Dissociative Table, by Mücke-Melder, Chrome, Czech, 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Horomerice, CZ
cleaned and professionally restored.
This item features classic Bauhaus design elements. Elements of
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 27.17 in W 26.78 in D 15.75 in
Unusual Small Czech Restored Round Black Beech Chrome Bauhaus Table, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Small Czech chrome Bauhaus table.
Material: Chrome-plated steel and beech
Period: 1930-1939
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Small Czech Restored Black Chrome Bauhaus Table, R19, Robert Slezák, 1930s
By Robert Slezák
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Small Czech chrome Bauhaus table.
Material: Chrome-plated steel and Oak
Period: 1930-1939
Source
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
H 26.78 in W 23.63 in D 13.78 in
Czech Restored Oak Chromed Steel Bauhaus Side-Table, Hynek Gottwald, 1930s
By Hynek Gottwald
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Small Czech chrome Bauhaus table.
Material: Chrome-plated steel and oak
Maker: Hynek Gottwald
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
H 29.93 in W 31.5 in D 16.15 in
Restored Small Bauhaus Table, by Hynek Gottwald, Oak, Chrome, Czech, 1930s
By Hynek Gottwald
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Made by Hynek Gottwald, a company credited with being the pioneers of metal furniture.
It has
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Czech Bauhaus Beech Armchair by Mücke and Melder, Chrome-Plated Steel, 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Armchair by Mücke and Melder
Style: Bauhaus.
Period: 1930-1939.
Material: Beech and chrome
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Chairs
Materials
Chrome
H 33.86 in W 21.66 in D 25.6 in
20th Century Czech Bauhaus Chrome Floor Lamp, by Hynek Gottwald, 1930s
By Hynek Gottwald
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Period: 1930-1939.
Origin: Czech (Czechoslovakia)
Made by Hynek Gottwald, a company credited with
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome, Steel
H 70.08 in W 17.72 in D 25.99 in
Original Green Bauhaus Wardrobe, by Hynek Gottwald, Veneer, Chrome, Czech, 1930s
By Hynek Gottwald
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Made by Hynek Gottwald, a company credited with being the pioneers of metal furniture.
This item
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 71.26 in W 66.93 in D 22.84 in
20th Century Restored Czech Oak Bauhaus Table by Vichr a Spol, Chrome, 1940s
By Vichr & Spol
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Table
Style: Bauhaus.
Period: 1940-1949.
Material: Oak and chrome
Source: Czechia.
Category
Vintage 1940s Czech Bauhaus Tables
Materials
Chrome
H 30.32 in W 33.47 in D 33.47 in
Czech Bleu Beech Bauhaus Armchair, Vichr a Spol., Chrome, High Gloss, 1930s
By Vichr & Spol
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Style: Bauhaus.
Period: 1930-1939.
Material: Beech plywood and chrome-plated steel
Source
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Chairs
Materials
Chrome
H 35.04 in W 20.48 in D 21.26 in
Contemporary Tubular Steel Sideboard Czech Functionalism Bauhaus
Located in Wien, AT
This sideboard with a construction of polished stainless steel and oak veneered plywood is made to order by Tschechisches Wohndesign.
Delivery time if not in stock 4-6 weeks. 1 piec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Sideboards
Materials
Stainless Steel
Restored Bauhaus Floor Lamp, Steel, Milk Glass, Adjustable Height, Czech, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored Bauhaus floor lamp
Origin: Czechia
Period: 1930-1939
Material: Chrome-plated steel, milk
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 72.84 in W 14.97 in D 23.23 in
Bauhaus Table with Bakelite Tabletop, from the 1930s, Czech Republic
Located in Vienna, Austria
Made in the 1930s, this table is composed of a steel tube base that has been chrome-plated, the top is made of wood with a bakelite
laminate surface. The bakelite is in very good co...
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Console Tables
Materials
Steel
H 23.63 in W 17.52 in D 28.75 in
Pair of Bauhaus Chrome-Plated Steel Stools, Brown Leather, Czech, 1930-1939
Located in Horomerice, CZ
1930-1939
Origin: Czech
Pair of chrome-plated steel stools.
The new upholstery is high quality
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Stools
Materials
Chrome, Steel
H 22.05 in W 16.15 in D 16.15 in
Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamp, Textile Lamp Shade, Chrom-Plated Steel, 1920s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Period: 1920-1929.
This item features classic Bauhaus design elements. Elements of this style are
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 70.87 in W 17.72 in D 17.72 in
Restored Bauhaus Table Lamp, by Franta Anýž, New Electrification, Czech, 1920s
By Franta (Frantisek) Anýž
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored table lamp
Origin: Czech
Period: 1920-1929
Material: Nickel-plated steel
Uniquely
Category
Vintage 1920s Czech Bauhaus Table Lamps
Materials
Steel, Nickel
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more in our collection of Czech bauhaus furniture on 1stDibs. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, chrome and wood. Find 674 options for an antique or vintage piece of Czech bauhaus furniture now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without an item from our selection of Czech bauhaus furniture — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right choice in our collection of Czech bauhaus furniture, those designed in Art Deco, Industrial and Mid-Century Modern styles are of considerable interest. A well-made object in our assortment of Czech bauhaus furniture has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Mücke & Melder, Robert Slezák and Hynek Gottwald are consistently popular.
How Much is a Czech Bauhaus Furniture?
A piece of Czech bauhaus furniture can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,286, while the lowest priced sells for $183 and the highest can go for as much as $46,673.
A Close Look at bauhaus Furniture
The Bauhaus was a progressive German art and design school founded by the architect Walter Gropius that operated from 1919 to 1933. Authentic Bauhaus furniture — sofas, dining chairs, tables and more — and the school’s followers married industrial and natural materials in simple, geometric forms. The goal of the Bauhaus was to erase the distinction between art and craft while embracing the use of new technologies and materials.
ORIGINS OF BAUHAUS FURNITURE DESIGN
- Art and design school established in Germany in 1919
- Promotion of a union of art, craft and technology
- Design intended for mass production
- School’s workshops focused on cabinetry, metalworking, typography, textiles and more
- Informed by De Stijl, Constructivism, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, and modernism; influenced mid-century modernism, Scandinavian modernism
CHARACTERISTICS OF BAUHAUS FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emphasis on craft
- Simplicity, order, clarity and a prioritization of functionalism
- Incorporation of geometric shapes
- Minimalist and refined, little to no ornamentation
- Use of industrial materials such as tubular chrome, steel and plastic as well as leather, cane and molded plywood in furniture and other products
BAUHAUS FURNITURE DESIGNERS YOU SHOULD KNOW
- László Moholy-Nagy
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
- Anni Albers
- Josef Hoffmann
- Marcel Breuer
- Marianne Brandt
AUTHENTIC BAUHAUS FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The name Bauhaus is derived from the German verb bauen, “to build.” Under the school’s innovative curriculum, students were taught the fine arts, such as painting and sculpture, as well as practical skills like carpentry and metalworking.
The school moved from Weimar in 1925 to the city of Dessau, where it enjoyed its heyday under Gropius, then Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The period from 1932 to 1933 when it operated in Berlin under Mies was its final chapter. Despite its brief existence, the Bauhaus has had an enduring impact on art and design in the United States and elsewhere, and is regarded by many as the 20th century’s chief crucible of modernism.
The faculty roster at the Bauhaus reads like a who’s who of modernist creative genius — it included such artists as Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and László Moholy-Nagy along with architects and designers like Mies and Marcel Breuer, who became known for his muscular brutalist-style concrete buildings in the postwar years. In 1925, while he was head of the Bauhaus carpentry workshop, Breuer gave form to his signature innovation: the use of lightweight tubular-steel frames for chairs, side tables and sofas — a technique soon adopted by Mies and others. Breuer’s Cesca chair was the first-ever tubular steel frame chair with a caned seat to be mass produced, while the inspiration for his legendary Wassily chair, a timeless design and part of the collection crafted to furnish the Dessau school, was the bike he rode around campus.
Bauhaus design style reflects the tenets by which these creators worked: simplicity, clarity and function. They disdained superfluous ornament in favor of precise construction. Seating pieces such as side chairs, armchairs or club chairs for example, were made with tubular metal or molded plywood frames, and upholstery was made from leather or cane. Above all, designs in the Bauhaus style offer aesthetic flexibility. They can be the elements of a wholly spare, minimalist space, the quiet foundation of an environment in which color and pattern come from one’s own collection of art and artifacts.
Today, from textiles to typefaces, architecture, furniture and decorative objects for the home, Bauhaus creations continue to have an outsize influence on modern design.
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