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Bauhaus tubular steel writing desk
By Bauhaus Deutschland
Located in PRAHA 4, CZ
The offered tubular steel Bauhaus writing desk impresses with its hight class design. It has been
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
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
Bauhaus Tubular Steel and Wood Desk, Germany, 1930s
Located in Praha 2, Hlavní město Praha
Bauhaus tubular steel and wood desk, made in Germany, 1930s.
Date of manufacture: 1930s
Origin
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Sensational Bauhaus Avant-garde tubular steel writing desk by Bruno Weil (BeWe)
By Bruno Weil
Located in PRAHA 4, CZ
world of Bauhaus design with our sensational 1936 Avant-garde Tubular Steel Writing Desk, created by the
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
H 30.12 in W 73.63 in D 29.93 in
Small Bauhaus Tubular Steel Desk, Oak Veneer and Chromium Plated Metal c 1930
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Berlin, DE
Small Bauhaus tubular steel desk, so-called 'typewriter desk', with 4 drawers. The desk is made of
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
H 27.56 in W 45.28 in D 17.72 in
Bauhaus Tubular Steel Desk by Bruno Weil for Thonet, Stained Wood, Germany, 1930
By Bruno Weil, Thonet
Located in Berlin, DE
Bauhaus tubular steel desk designed by Bruno Weil (Bèwè) and manufactured by Thonet, Germany, c
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Chrome
H 29.53 in W 53.94 in D 29.93 in
Bauhaus Large Desk in Wood and Tubular Metal, circa 1930
By Elmar Berkovich
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Presented here is an exquisite Bauhaus desk, designed by an unknown designer and manufactured in
Category
Vintage 1930s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Bauhaus Tubular Steel Desk by André Lurçat, Manufactured by Thonet, circa. 1935
By André Lurcat
Located in Berlin, DE
Bauhaus tubular steel desk designed by André Lurçat and probably manufactured by Thonet. Chrome
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Desks
Materials
Metal, Chrome
H 30.32 in W 63 in D 26.78 in
Bauhaus Tubular Steel Armchair by Mauser, Chromed Metall, Leather, Germany, 1936
By Mauser Werke, Heinz Rasch
Located in Berlin, DE
Bauhaus tubular steel armchair, model RS 4, designed by Heinz and Bodo Rasch and manufactured by
Category
Vintage 1930s Bauhaus Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
H 32.29 in W 22.45 in D 27.17 in
Marcel Breuer B21 Thonet Bauhaus Tubular Steel Typewriter Table
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Sharon, CT
Important early piece (1928) of Breuer's revolutionary tubular furniture.
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Desks
Materials
Steel
Modernist Desk in Solid Wood 40s / 50s Bauhaus Style Vintage
Located in Lyon, FR
French desk from the 40s / 50s in modernist Bauhaus style. Structure of the desk in veneered and
Category
Vintage 1940s French Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Ralph Lauren Bauhaus Inspired Desk in Rosewood, Chrome and Leather
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Peabody, MA
A Bauhaus inspired design in rosewood with tubular chrome framework and a leather insert top by
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Bauhaus Desk, Oak, Steeltubes, by Mücke-Melder, Czechia circa 1935
By Mücke & Melder, Marcel Breuer
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful, large modernist / Bauhaus Steeltube Desk by Mücke-Melder, Czech circa 1935.
Oak solid
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Restored Black Bauhaus Beech Writing Desk, Mücke-melder, Czechia, 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Completely restored writing desk with a frame in tubular chromed steel.
Maker: Mücke - Melder
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
H 30.71 in W 57.49 in D 29.53 in
Rationalist style chair, 1940 circa
By Bauhaus
Located in Milano, Lombardia
A beautiful chair in the rationalist style, with a tubular steel frame and wooden back and seat
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Steel
Customizable Marcel Breuer S 285 Tubular Steel Desk
By Marcel Breuer
Located in New York, NY
anticipated today’s home offices and mobile computers: The compact tubular steel desk S 285 that he designed
Category
2010s German Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Customizable Marcel Breuer S 285 Tubular Steel Desk
By Marcel Breuer
Located in New York, NY
anticipated today’s home offices and mobile computers: The compact tubular steel desk S 285 that he designed
Category
2010s German Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Oval Desk Consolle Table in the style of Giotto Stoppino, Tubular Steel & Wood
By Bernini, Giotto Stoppino
Located in Roma, IT
the rounded wooden top, recall the pieces created during the wave of the Bauhaus artistic avant-garde
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
H 31.3 in W 55.91 in D 24.22 in
White German Bauhaus Chrome Plated Steel Writing Desk, Made in the 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Desk with a tubular chromed steel frame
Manufactured in the 1930s.
Wood is completely restored
Category
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
H 30.71 in W 43.31 in D 24.41 in
Bauhaus Restored Beech Writing Desk Made in 1930s by Robert Slezak, Czechia
By Robert Slezák
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Completely restored writing desk with a frame in tubular chromed steel.
Designed by Robert
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
H 30.32 in W 57.49 in D 29.93 in
Bauhaus Beech Writing Desk Made in 1930s by Robert Slezak, Czechia, Restored
By Robert Slezák
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored writing desk with a frame in tubular chromed steel.
Designed by Robert Slezak in the
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
H 30.71 in W 53.15 in D 30.32 in
Customizable Marcel Breuer S 285/5 Tubular Steel Desk
By Marcel Breuer
Located in New York, NY
computers: The compact tubular steel desk S 285 that he designed is an elegant companion for modern
Category
2010s German Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Customizable Marcel Breuer S 285/1 Tubular Steel Desk
By Marcel Breuer
Located in New York, NY
computers: The compact tubular steel desk S 285 that he designed is an elegant companion for modern
Category
2010s German Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Modernist Tubular Steel Desk, Stained Wood, Chromium Plated Metall, c. 1930
By Robert Slezák
Located in Berlin, DE
Modernist tubular steel desk model PS 10, stained wood, chromium plated metal, c. 1930. The wood
Category
2010s Czech Bauhaus Desks
Materials
Metal, Chrome
H 29.93 in W 51.19 in D 23.63 in
Modernist Tubular Steel Desk, Walnut Veneer, Chromium Plated Metall, circa 1935
By Vichr & Co.
Located in Berlin, DE
Modernist tubular steel desk, walnut veneer, chromium plated metal, circa 1935
This desk is
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Desks
Materials
Metal, Chrome
H 30.32 in W 57.09 in D 29.14 in
Early Bauhaus "B21" Side Table Desk by Marcel Breuer Produced by Thonet, 1930s
By Thonet, Marcel Breuer
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare and early Bauhaus "B21" desk / side table in black stained wood with chromed tubular
Category
Vintage 1930s German Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
H 27.17 in W 33.86 in D 17.72 in
1970's Midcentury Modern Desk in Tubular Chrome & Wood Leaf by Geraldo Barros
By Geraldo de Barros
Located in New York, NY
This Brazilian Modern desk has a chromed tubular metal base with top and drawers in agglomerated
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
H 29.53 in W 82.68 in D 35.44 in
Bauhaus Chair S43 by Mart Stam, 1930s
By Mart Stam
Located in Prague 8, CZ
former Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. The chair has frames made of tubular chrome-plated steel, plywood
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Bauhaus Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Bauhaus Cantilever Armchair by Luckhardt Brothers, Chromed Metal, Stained Wood
By Hans & Wassili Luckhardt
Located in Berlin, DE
Bauhaus cantilever chair SS 33 designed by Hans and Wassili Luckhardt. Chromium plated tubular
Category
2010s German Bauhaus Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Chrome
H 30.71 in W 22.05 in D 24.41 in
Bauhaus Tubular Steel Chrome Desk Chair 1930s / Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1930s
- Original condition
- wooden parts restored, chrome with patina
- new upholstery
jt.
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Chairs
Materials
Chrome
1930s Wolfgang Hoffmann Desk for Howell
By Wolfgang Hoffmann
Located in Oakland, CA
Wonderful 1930s desk designed by Wolfgang Hoffmann for Howell. Son of renowned designer and
Category
Vintage 1930s American Bauhaus Desks
Materials
Enamel, Steel, Chrome
Rare Large Side or Easy Tubular Chair with Original Painted Wood, circa 1930
By Bauhaus
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
comfortable high tubular side chair or easy chair with the original paired black plywood. As a collector for
Category
Vintage 1930s European Bauhaus Side Chairs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
H 35.44 in W 22.45 in D 25.99 in
Bauhaus Tubular Steel Cupboard Cabinet with Secretary Desk by R. Slezak, 1930s
By Robert Slezák
Located in Żory, PL
This Bauhaus style cupboard in oak and walnut, was produced in the 1930s by Robert Slezak. The
Category
Early 20th Century Bauhaus Cupboards
Materials
Oak, Walnut
H 63.39 in W 61.42 in D 17.72 in
Bauhaus Art Deco Tubular Steel Chrom Table, 1930s
By Thonet
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1930s
- good Original condition, polished
- wooden desk repaired and renovated
- no later
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Materials
Chrome
Jacques Adnet Leather Wrapped Faux Bamboo Desk
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Stamford, CT
luxurious response to the tubular steel and chrome furniture that was made famous by the Bauhaus. While the
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Leather
Vintage Midcentury Table Desk by Harvey Probber
By Harvey Probber
Located in Pasadena, TX
were no sterile creations in tubular steel; Probber's work shares more in common with Art Deco than
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Aluminum
1940s Mücke Melder Restored Bauhaus Tubular Dining Table, Czechoslovakia
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Praha, CZ
- new palisander veneer on the top desk
- profesionally lacquered.
Category
Vintage 1940s Czech Bauhaus Dining Room Tables
Materials
Metal
H 29.53 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in
Art Deco Machine Age International Style Chrome & Black Desk Attr Gilbert Rohde
By Troy Sunshade Company, Gilbert Rohde
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous Art Deco, Machine Age, Streamline Modern, Art Moderne, International style, Bauhaus desk
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Desks
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
H 30 in W 42 in D 16 in
1930s Marcel Breuer B10 Bauhaus Tubular Table by Mucke Melder, Czechoslovakia
By Mücke & Melder, Marcel Breuer
Located in Praha, CZ
- Chrome plated parts in good condition with some signs of use.
- Top desk has been relacquered
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Materials
Chrome
H 26.38 in W 29.53 in D 29.53 in
Small Modernist Writing Table, Chromed Steel, Veneered/ Lacquered Wood, Bespoke
Located in Berlin, DE
Small modernist writing table made of chrome plated tubular steel, stained/ veneered/ lacquered
Category
2010s German Bauhaus Desks
Materials
Metal, Chrome
H 30.32 in W 23.63 in D 14.97 in
Restored Bauhaus Small Oak Writing Desk, Mücke Melder, Chrome, Czechia, 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored Bauhaus Small Oak Writing Desk Made By Mücke Melder.
Maker: Mücke Melder
Material: Oak
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus More Mirrors
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 27.17 in W 26.78 in D 15.75 in
Deco Tubular Console Table or Small Desk by Royal Chrome
By Royal Chrome
Located in Chicago, IL
A nice period chrome tubular table by quality company. Makes for a nice writing desk, console or
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Console Tables
Materials
Chrome
1930s M. Breuer Set of B10 Bauhaus Tubular Table + B34 Armachairs by M. Melder
By Mücke & Melder, Marcel Breuer
Located in Praha, CZ
- Chrome plated parts in good condition with some signs of use
- Top desk and wooden armrests has
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Mid-Century Modern Tables
Materials
Chrome
H 33.08 in W 22.84 in D 26.78 in
Bauhaus Armchairs by Mucke Melder, circa 1930s
Located in Gloucester, GB
. In the same sleek and functional Bauhaus style, Mücke-Melder produced tables, desks, and casegoods
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Bauhaus Armchair, Chromed Steeltubes, Leather, Germany circa 1930
Located in Regensburg, DE
Original, fully restored Bauhaus armchair or desk chair.
Tubular steel frame, newly chrome-plated
Category
Vintage 1920s German Bauhaus Armchairs
Materials
Steel, Nickel
Christian Dell Black Lacquered Bauhaus Table Lamp, 1930s Germany
By Christian Dell
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Iconic Bauhaus desk lamp designed by Christian Dell in original condition.
Adjustable arched
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Bauhaus Oak Bentwood Chairs Attributed to Thonet #18 Café Chair Set of 6
By Thonet
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome vintage Bauhaus style bentwood chairs attributed to Thonet #18 Café chair set of 6. These
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Oak
Bauhaus Table Lamp '967' by Marianne Brandt & Hin Bredendieck for Kandem, 1930s
By Hin Bredendieck, Marianne Brandt
Located in Munich, DE
Minimalistic Bauhaus / modernist table lamp or desk light. Adjustable arm and shade. Designed by
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 19.3 in W 5.91 in D 11.82 in
6 Armless Bauhaus Beech Bentwood Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Josef Hoffmann, Falcon, Thonet
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Bauhaus beech bentwood frame Thonet Josef Hoffman Prague 811 style armless side
Category
Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
H 33.75 in W 18 in D 20.5 in
8 Armless Bauhaus Beech Bentwood Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Josef Hoffmann, Falcon, Thonet
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Bauhaus beech bentwood frame Thonet Josef Hoffman Prague 811 style armless side
Category
Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
H 33.75 in W 18 in D 20.5 in
4 Armless Bauhaus Beech Bentwood Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Thonet, Falcon, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Bauhaus beech bentwood frame Thonet Josef Hoffman Prague 811 style armless side
Category
Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
H 33.75 in W 18 in D 20.5 in
10 Armless Bauhaus Beech Bentwood Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Thonet, Josef Hoffmann, Falcon
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Bauhaus beech bentwood frame Thonet Josef Hoffman Prague 811 style armless side
Category
Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
H 33.75 in W 18 in D 20.5 in
12 Armless Bauhaus Beech Bentwood Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Thonet, Josef Hoffmann, Falcon
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Bauhaus beech bentwood frame Thonet Josef Hoffman Prague 811 style armless side
Category
Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
H 33.75 in W 18 in D 20.5 in
Armed Bauhaus Beech Bentwood J Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Thonet, Falcon, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Bauhaus beech bentwood frame Thonet Josef Hoffman Prague 811 style armed dining
Category
Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
H 33.75 in W 20.5 in D 20.5 in
Armless Bauhaus Beech Bentwood J Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Thonet, Josef Hoffmann, Falcon
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Bauhaus beech bentwood frame Thonet Josef Hoffman Prague 811 style armless side
Category
Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
H 33.75 in W 18 in D 20.5 in
6 Armed Bauhaus Beech Bentwood J Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Thonet, Falcon, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Bauhaus beech bentwood frame Thonet Josef Hoffman Prague 811 style armed dining
Category
Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
H 33.75 in W 20.5 in D 20.5 in
8 Armed Bauhaus Beech Bentwood J Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Josef Hoffmann, Falcon, Thonet
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Bauhaus beech bentwood frame Thonet Josef Hoffman Prague 811 style armed dining
Category
Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
H 33.75 in W 20.5 in D 20.5 in
4 Armed Bauhaus Beech Bentwood J Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Josef Hoffmann, Falcon, Thonet
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Bauhaus beech bentwood frame Thonet Josef Hoffman Prague 811 style armed dining
Category
Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
H 33.75 in W 20.5 in D 20.5 in
10 Armed Bauhaus Beech Bentwood J Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Thonet, Josef Hoffmann, Falcon
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Bauhaus beech bentwood frame Thonet Josef Hoffman Prague 811 style armed dining
Category
Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
H 33.75 in W 20.5 in D 20.5 in
12 Armed Bauhaus Beech Bentwood J Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Thonet, Josef Hoffmann, Falcon
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Bauhaus beech bentwood frame Thonet Josef Hoffman Prague 811 style armed dining
Category
Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
H 33.75 in W 20.5 in D 20.5 in
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Tubular Bauhaus Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the tubular bauhaus desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each tubular bauhaus desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and chrome. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer tubular bauhaus desk, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each tubular bauhaus desk bearing Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular. Robert Slezák, Marcel Breuer and Hynek Gottwald each produced at least one beautiful tubular bauhaus desk that is worth considering.
How Much is a Tubular Bauhaus Desk?
Prices for a tubular bauhaus desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $463 and can go as high as $13,151, while the average can fetch as much as $3,037.
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.
Find a collection of authentic Bauhaus furniture on 1stDibs.
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