1970s Marcel Breuer for Knoll / Gavina Wassily Lounge Chair in New Cream Leather
By Marcel Breuer, Gavina
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Wassily Lounge Chair, originally designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925.
Steel
Art Deco Vintage Lounge Chair, Hans and Wassili Luckhardt 1934-1936 Gebr. Thonet
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco vintage beechwood lounge chair or armchair, which was designed by Hans and Wassili Luckhardt 1934-1936 for Gebr.
Metal
3 Patinated Mid-Century Modern Industrial Chic Tubular Steel Stacking Chairs
By Wassily Kandinsky, Le Corbusier, Marcel Breuer
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
3 structurally sound and heavily patinated Mid-Century Modern Industrial Chic Tubular Steel Stacking Chairs in lilac and rust. Sourced in Germany, these chairs, likely of the 1930s, ...
Steel
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Barcelona-Style Coffee Table, Chrome X-Base & Thick Glass
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Trenton, NJ
This table pairs naturally with Barcelona chairs, Wassily chairs, Eames lounge seating, and the full canon of mid-century and modernist upholstered furniture.
Chrome
Marcel Breuer Bauhaus Black Leather and Chrome Model B3 Wassily Armchair, 1973
By Gavina, Marcel Breuer
Located in Vicenza, IT
This led to the IDEA of making a chair by similar bending of steel tubes. This is how the Wassily was born.
Chrome, Iron
Marcel Breuer Bauhaus Black Leather Model B3 Wassily Armchair, 1973, Set of 3
By Marcel Breuer, Gavina
Located in Vicenza, IT
This led to the IDEA of making a chair by similar bending of steel tubes. This is how the Wassily was born.
Chrome, Iron
Marcel Breuer Bauhaus Black Model B3 Wassily Armchair for Gavina, 1969, Set of 4
By Marcel Breuer, Gavina
Located in Vicenza, IT
This led to the IDEA of making a chair by similar bending of steel tubes. This is how the Wassily was born.
Chrome, Iron
Marcel Breuer Bauhaus Black Model B3 Wassily Armchair for Gavina, 1969, Set of 6
By Gavina, Marcel Breuer
Located in Vicenza, IT
This led to the IDEA of making a chair by similar bending of steel tubes. This is how the Wassily was born.
Chrome, Iron
Bauhaus Cantilever Armchair by Hans Luckhardt, Chrome-Plated Metal, Stained Wood
By Hans & Wassili Luckhardt
Located in Berlin, DE
Modernist cantilever chair SS 33 designed by Hans Luckhardt. Chromium-plated tubular steel and stained wood, c. 1930. This item is restored on request and available in different amo...
Chrome
PAIR OF VINTAGE 1987 MADE IN ITALY STAMPED MARCEL BREUER CESCA KNOLL B32 CHAIRs
By Marcel Breuer
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
After iteration upon iteration, bending and welding tubular steel, Breuer arrived at the Wassily Chair and Laccio Table, both designed in 1925, followed by the Cesca Chair in 1928 C...
Chrome
PAIR OF ORIGINAL 1968 GAVINA KNOLL STAMPED MARCEL BREUER CESCA KNOLL B32 CHAiRS
By Marcel Breuer
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
After iteration upon iteration, bending and welding tubular steel, Breuer arrived at the Wassily Chair and Laccio Table, both designed in 1925, followed by the Cesca Chair in 1928 C...
Chrome
Pair Stendig Arm Chairs, Switzerland, New Luxurious Boucle, Mid-Century Modern
By Stendig Co., Charles Stendig
Located in Stamford, CT
Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, Stendig Co. imported and sold furniture from influential European designers, including Swiss designer Bruno Rey, Italian architect and indu...
Chrome
$2,353Sale Price|30% Off
Marcel Breuer Wassily Lounge Chair by Gavina
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Vilnius, LT
Vintage Wassily lounge chair, designed by Marcel Breuer, circa 1925.
Chrome
TIMELESS PAIR OF ViNTAGE MARCEL BREUER CESCA KNOLL B32 CHROME BERGERE ARMCHAIRS
By Marcel Breuer
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
After iteration upon iteration, bending and welding tubular steel, Breuer arrived at the Wassily Chair and Laccio Table, both designed in 1925, followed by the Cesca Chair in 1928 C...
Chrome
Marcel Breuer Red Canvas Wassily Lounge Chair by Knoll Studio
By Marcel Breuer, Knoll
Located in Vilnius, LT
Wassily lounge chair, designed by Marcel Breuer, circa 1925.
Chrome
G80 Deck Chair - Thonet, 1930s by Hans Luckhardt
By Hans & Wassili Luckhardt, Thonet
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good condition. - wooden parts refreshed - new textile - marked by manufacturer
Wood, Textile
Stendig Living Room, Sofa, Pair of Cube Chairs, New Boucle, Switzerland, Labeled
By Stendig Co., Charles Stendig
Located in Stamford, CT
Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, Stendig Co. imported and sold furniture from influential European designers, including Swiss designer Bruno Rey, Italian architect and indu...
Chrome
Mid-Century Italian Modern Laccio Kiga Coffee Table by Marcel Breuer for Gavina
By Marcel Breuer, Gavina
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
He then conducted a furniture workshop in Dessau where he created the first tubular steel armchair (1925-1926), presented in 1927 as the Type B3 Steel Club Chair, later renamed Wassi...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Armchair in White Leather & Chrome, France, 1960
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Austin, TX
Armchair in the manner of Marcel Breuer’s famous Wassily design. This chair is made of white leather and chromed steel in the iconic chair design.
Steel, Chrome
20 Century Seats (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
List of contents. 1 Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Armchair with low back, 1897 2 Peter Behrens, Armlehnstuhl, 1900/01 (Ladies Chair) 3 Herbert Bayer, Prospekt Breuer Metallmöbel, 1927 (...
Paper
'Delfi' Dining Table by Carlo Scarpa and Marcel Breuer for Simon, Italy, 1969
By Carlo Scarpa, Marcel Breuer
Located in Antwerp, BE
Marcel Breuer, a pivotal figure of the Bauhaus movement, is renowned for iconic creations like the Wassily and Cesca chairs, as well as architectural landmarks such as the UNESCO Hea...
Marble
$150
Breuer
Located in New York, NY
The complete monograph on the last of the first generation of Modernist architects, Breuer is the only book that examines both his design as well as his architecture, with detailed d...
Paper
Joe D'urso for KNOLL International Black Granite Top Round Dining Table
By Joseph D'Urso
Located in North Miami, FL
He was known for heavily stripped down interiors featuring white walls and single pieces of iconic modern furniture — oftentimes a Wassily or Barcelona Chair. In 1980, D’Urso collab...
Granite, Chrome
Mid Century Modern Sofa by Stendig, New Luxurious Boucle, Switzerland, 1950s
By Stendig Co.
Located in Stamford, CT
Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, Stendig Co. imported and sold furniture from influential European designers, including Swiss designer Bruno Rey, Italian architect and indu...
Chrome
Looking for vintage Wassily chairs for your living room?
Inspired by bicycle handlebars, the Wassily lounge chair is one of Marcel Breuer’s (1902–81) greatest achievements. Even though the tubular metal chair looked like an artifact from the future when the Hungarian-American designer and architect conceived it in 1925, Breuer could not have foreseen the significant impact that this would have on modern design.
From 1920–28, Breuer studied and then taught at the Bauhaus school of design, where he found a kindred spirit in Walter Gropius, who invited Breuer back as junior master of the carpentry workshop. After less than a year in his new role, Breuer produced his revolutionary chair, which is among the first furniture designs to feature bent tubular steel.
Breuer called the Wassily his “most extreme work” because the pared-down design didn’t look comfortable. It’s true: Take an everyday club chair — the Wassily’s technical name was the model B3 club chair — and toss the cushions and you’d have something like Breuer’s design.
The lightweight and mass-produced tubular-steel handlebars of the maker’s bicycle made him wonder if he could achieve something similar with bent-steel furniture. The resulting mid-1920s-era chair, the seat of which was made of a durable canvas developed by Bauhaus student Margaretha Reichardt, was named the Wassily after painter and fellow Bauhaus colleague Vasily “Wassily” Kandinsky expressed admiration for the piece. Today, Knoll manufactures the Wassily chair.
Find vintage Wassily chairs on 1stDibs.
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