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Marcel Breuer B3 Wassily Chair for Gavina, 1960's
By Marcel Breuer, Gavina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Natural Leather 'Wassily' Chair by Marcel Breuer for Gavina. Originally designed in 1925. This
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Vintage 1960s Italian Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

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Metal

Pair of Chrome & Leather Chairs
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Chicago, IL
Chrome and leather pair of chairs. In the style of Marcel Breuer B3 chair.
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Vintage 1970s Argentine Chairs

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Chrome

Pair of Chrome & Leather Chairs
Pair of Chrome & Leather Chairs
H 28 in W 30.75 in D 26 in
Marcel Breuer Wassily B3 Leather Armchairs, Fasem 1983 Edition
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Paris, FR
Rare : superb pair of leather armchairs, Marcel Breuer Wassily, fasem edition 1983. . Sublime
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Late 20th Century Hungarian Armchairs

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Steel

Wassily B3 armchair by Marcel Breuer, white leather, Italy 1980s
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Vorst, BE
Wassily armchair designed by Marcel Breuer in 1929, THE Bauhaus classic. Structure in chromed
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Mid-20th Century Italian Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

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Steel, Chrome

B3 Wassily Armchair by Marcel Breuer Edition Gavina, Italy, 1960
By Marcel Breuer
Located in PARIS, FR
This iconic model was made by Marcel Breuer in 1925 during the period of time when he was The
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Vintage 1960s Italian Bauhaus Armchairs

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Steel

Marcel Breuer Bauhaus Club Armchair B3, 1927 Made by Standart Möbel
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Berlin, DE
Club armchair, 1927. Model B3. Designer: Marcel Breuer, Manufactured by Standart-Möbel. First
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Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Club Chairs

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Steel

B3 Wassily Armchair by Marcel Breuer Edition Gavina Italy, circa 1960
By Marcel Breuer
Located in BYRON BAY, NSW
This iconic model was made by Marcel Breuer in 1925 during the period of time when he was the
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Vintage 1960s Italian Bauhaus Armchairs

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Steel

Knoll Wassily B3 Armchair By Marcel Breuer For Gavina 1960
By Knoll, Marcel Breuer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ntroducing the Knoll Wassily B3 Armchair by Marcel Breuer for Gavina - A Modern Classic from 1960
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Vintage 1960s Italian Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

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Stainless Steel, Chrome

Bauhaus Wassily Chair ("B3") from Marcel Breuer, by Gavina (Italy, 1970)
By Marcel Breuer, Gavina
Located in Wien, AT
-Nummer: B3, "Wassily Chair" Ausführung: unbekannt, um 1970 Maße in cm (H x B x T): 74,5 x 78 x 64,5
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Mid-20th Century Italian Bauhaus Club Chairs

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Steel, Chrome

"Wassily" Club Chairs B3 Designed by Marcel Breuer Set of Two Chrome & Leather
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Wassily Club Chair by Marcel Breuer designed in 1925 - 26 for Knoll also known as the Model B3
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Club Chairs

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Chrome

Marcel Breuer Early Canvas Model B3 "Wassily" Chair, Green Eisengarn
By Marcel Breuer, Standard Möbel
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
body of the sitter does not touch the steel framework. Breuer spoke of the chair as his “most extreme
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Vintage 1920s German Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

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Steel, Chrome

Marcel Breuer Early Canvas Model B3 "Wassily" Chair, Black Eisengarn
By Marcel Breuer, Standard Möbel
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
sitter does not touch the steel framework. Breuer spoke of the chair as his “most extreme work . . . the
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Vintage 1920s German Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

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Steel, Chrome

Italian modern Black leather steel Armchair Wassily B3 by Breuer Gavina, 1980s
By Marcel Breuer, Gavina
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Black leather and steel Armchair Wassily or B3 by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, 1980s
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Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Armchairs

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Steel

Italian Modern White Armchair Wassily B3 by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, 1960s
By Marcel Breuer, Gavina
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern White Armchair Wassily B3 by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, 1960s Iconic Armchair mod
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Steel

Great and Big Matching Set of Wassily B3 & B9 by Marcel Breuer for Gavina Italy
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen
The Wassily- or Model B3 chair was designed in 1925 in Germany by Marcel Breuer. Black leather
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Leather

Gavina Wassily Chair B3 Design by Marcel Breuer Dark Brown Saddle Leather
By Marcel Breuer, Gavina
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This Wassily chair, in chromed tubular steel and dark brown leather, was designed by Marcel Breuer
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Mid-20th Century Italian Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

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Chrome, Stainless Steel

Italian Mid-Century Wassily B3 Brown Leather Armchair by Breuer for Gavina, 1960
By Marcel Breuer, Gavina
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century Wassily B3 brown leather armchair by Breuer for Gavina, 1960s Wassily lounge
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Steel

Gavina Wassily Chair B3 Vintage Leather White by Marcel Breuer 1 of 2
By Marcel Breuer, Gavina
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This old Vintage Wassily chair Model B3, in chromed tubular steel and white leather, was designed
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Mid-20th Century Italian Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

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Metal, Chrome

Marcel Breuer Bauhaus Black Model B3 Wassily Armchair for Gavina, 1969, Set of 4
By Gavina, Marcel Breuer
Located in Vicenza, IT
Set of four model B3 “Wassily” armchairs, designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925 and produced by the
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Vintage 1960s Italian Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

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Chrome, Iron

Marcel Breuer Bauhaus Black Model B3 Wassily Armchair for Gavina, 1969, Set of 6
By Gavina, Marcel Breuer
Located in Vicenza, IT
Set of six model B3 “Wassily” armchairs, designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925 and produced by the
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Vintage 1960s Italian Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

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Chrome, Iron

Wassily Armchairs by Marcel Breuer
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Austin, TX
Armchair, Italian, produced by Gavina. This B3 armchair by Marcel Breuer features a bent chromed
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Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Armchairs

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Steel

Wassily Armchairs by Marcel Breuer
Wassily Armchairs by Marcel Breuer
H 28.75 in W 30.625 in D 27.75 in
Marcel Breuer Wassily lounge chair for Knoll
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The iconic Wassily chair by Marcel Breuer for Knoll. Originally known as the model B3 chair, this
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Steel

Olive Canvas Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer, Signed
By Marcel Breuer
Located in London, England
The Wassily Chair, also known as the Model B3 chair, is a famous and iconic piece of modern
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Vintage 1930s Italian Organic Modern Lounge Chairs

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Steel, Chrome

1930's Thonet B33 Chair By Marcel Breuer
By Marcel Breuer
Located in London, GB
An original 1930's Thonet B33 side chair by Marcel Breuer (Hungarian 1902-1981) designed 1925-7
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Vintage 1930s Bauhaus Chairs

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Metal

1930's Thonet B33 Chair By Marcel Breuer
1930's Thonet B33 Chair By Marcel Breuer
H 31.11 in W 17.72 in D 20.48 in
Original Wassilly Armchair by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, 1970s
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Argelato, BO
Marcel Breuer, Wassilly Armchair for Gavina, Vintage Original Version, Italy 1970s The Wassily
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Vintage 1970s Italian Bauhaus Armchairs

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Metal

Set of 6 Cesca B 32 Marcel Breuer Gavina 1960
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Set of 6 Cesca chairs designed by Marcel Breuer, produced by Gavina 1960. The chairs show slight
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

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Metal

Set of 6 Cesca B 32 Marcel Breuer Gavina 1960
Set of 6 Cesca B 32 Marcel Breuer Gavina 1960
H 31.11 in W 18.51 in D 18.12 in
Wassily armchair by Marcel Breuer Gavina edition Italy 1960s
By Gavina, Marcel Breuer
Located in PARIS, FR
This iconic model was designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925, during his period as director of the
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Vintage 1960s European Bauhaus Armchairs

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Steel

Marcel Breuer for Gavina Set of 6 "Cesca" Chairs, Italy 1960s
By Gavina, Marcel Breuer
Located in Naples, IT
Set of 6 Cesca chairs designed by Marcel Breuer, produced by Gavina in 1960. The chairs show slight
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

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Metal

Italian modern Brown leather steel armchair Wassily by Breuer for Gavina, 1970s
By Gavina, Marcel Breuer
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Brown leather and chromed steel armchair Wassily or B3 by Marcel Breuer for Gavina
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Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Armchairs

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Steel

Italian modern brown leather Wassily armchair by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, 1970s
By Gavina, Marcel Breuer
Located in MIlano, IT
Iconic Italian modern brown leather Wassily armchair by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, 1970s Wassily or
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Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Armchairs

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Steel

Vintage Germany Icon Bauhaus B35 Black Leather Chair by Marcel Breuer for Thonet
By Marcel Breuer, Thonet
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This design icon from 1928, the B35 armchair, was designed by Marcel Breuer in the late 1920s and
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Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Armchairs

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Chrome

Pair of Signed Marcel Breuer Wassily Lounge Chairs Stendig Made in Italy 1960s
By Marcel Breuer, Stendig Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed by Bauhaus legend Marcel Breuer, these iconic chairs were made by the collaborative
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Vintage 1960s Italian Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

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Steel, Chrome

Pair of Wassily Lounge Chair White Leather by Marcel Breuer, Gavina, circa 1962
By Marcel Breuer, Dino Gavina
Located in Paris, France
known as the B3 model chair, was designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925-1926, while he was head of the
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Mid-20th Century Italian Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

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Chrome

Gavina, Rare Pair Italian Mid-Century Wassily B3 Design Black Leather Armchairs
By Gavina
Located in Sittingbourne, GB
A remarkable pair of lounge armchairs, originally designed mid 1920s by Marcel Breuer as the Model
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Vintage 1960s Italian Bauhaus Armchairs

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Chrome

Vintage Wassily Chair in the Style of Marcel Breuer for Knoll International
Located in PEGO, ES
Vintage original condition Wassily chair inspired by the Marcel Breuer for Knoll International
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Mid-20th Century Italian Lounge Chairs

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Chrome

Mid-Century Knoll Spoleto Chairs 1970s Sold Individually.
By Marcel Breuer, Knoll
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Knoll Spoleto chairs. Marcel Breuer designed the B33 chair in 1927, it is based on the cantilever
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs

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Chrome

Mid-Century Knoll Spoleto Chairs 1970s Set of 4
By Knoll, Marcel Breuer
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Knoll Spoleto chairs. Marcel Breuer designed the B33 chair in 1927, it is based on the cantilever
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs

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Chrome

20 Century Seats (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
‘Breuer Metallmobel) 4 Marcel Breuer, Armlehnstuhl B 11, 1927 (Armchair) 5 Marcel Breuer, Klubsessel B 3
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20th Century Books

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Paper

20 Century Seats (Book)
20 Century Seats (Book)
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H 10 in W 8.13 in D 0.38 in
Cane and Chrome MR10 Cantilever Chairs by Mies Van Der Rohe, Knoll 1970s reissue
By Knoll, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Edinburgh, Scotland
iconic, were not the first to employ tubular steel or even a cantilever in chair design. Marcel Breuer
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Mid-20th Century American Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs

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Steel, Chrome

Chair Year :1865, Attributed to Shapland and Petter of Barnstaple, English
By Shapland & Petter
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Shapland and Henry Petter (b.c.1827), another Barnstaple man who had returned from London where he had been
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Antique 1860s English Arts and Crafts Chairs

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Wood

Marcel Breuer B3 Wassily Lounge Chair by Knoll, Circa 1970
By Knoll, Marcel Breuer
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Marcel Breuer B3 Wassily lounge chair by Knoll, Circa 1970. Magnificent Marcel Breuer Wassily
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Chrome

Marcel Breuer Armchair B3 Known as "Wassily"
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Paris, FR
Marcel Breuer BREUER (1902 - 1981) Armchair «B3» known as «Wassily» Armchair with chromed
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Vintage 1970s Hungarian Armchairs

Marcel Breuer Armchair B3 Known as "Wassily"
Marcel Breuer Armchair B3 Known as "Wassily"
H 28.55 in W 30.12 in D 27.37 in
Very Early Wassily Chair, Model B3 by Marcel Breuer
By Marcel Breuer, Thonet
Located in Bern, CH
This Wassily chair (model B3) was designed by Marcel Breuer and manufactured by Thonet in France
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Vintage 1920s European Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Steel

20th Century Black Wassily B3 Chair by Marcel Breuer in Leather and Steel
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Cologne, DE
Chair was designed by Marcel Breuer and is a flagship of the Bauhaus Era. So, put your trust in
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21st Century and Contemporary Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

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Steel

Vintage Brown Leather Wassily B3 Chair by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, 1960s
By Marcel Breuer, Gavina
Located in Valkenswaard, NL
Rare brown leather Wassily B3 chair by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, 1960s Designed in 1925 by
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Mid-20th Century Italian Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

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Chrome

Marcel Breuer Chairs, circa 1980
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Sint Annaland, NL
Pair of Marcel Breuer Wassily B3 chairs in black leather and chrome.
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Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Armchairs

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Chrome

Marcel Breuer Chairs, circa 1980
Marcel Breuer Chairs, circa 1980
H 29.14 in W 30.71 in D 27.56 in
Pair of Marcel Breuer B3 Wassily Chairs Gavina, Italy Black Color Silver, 1970
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pair of Marcel Breuer B3 Wassily chairs by Gavina, Italy black color silver, as shown in the photos
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Metal, Chrome

1960s Marcel Breuer B3 Wassily Chair by Gavina, Italy
By Marcel Breuer, Gavina
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
A Wassily chair designed by Marcel Breuer and manufactured by Gavina, Italy. This chair dates from
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Vintage 1960s Italian Bauhaus Armchairs

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Chrome

Marcel Breuer, B3 Clubchair, "Wassiliy Chair" by Knoll International, Signed
By Knoll, Marcel Breuer
Located in Munster, NRW
Wassily chair Marcel Breuer, 1925 Inspired by the frame of a bicycle and influenced by the
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Vintage 1920s German Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

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Steel, Chrome

Pair of Marcel Breuer B3 Wassily Chairs for Gavina Knoll, 1971
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of leather Wassily lounge chairs by Marcel Breuer for Knoll Gavina, 1971.
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Vintage 1970s Lounge Chairs

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Leather

Modernist Classic Pair of Grey Leather Wassily Chairs by Marcel Breuer, 1980s
By Knoll, Marcel Breuer
Located in Renens, CH
inspired by bicycle frames. Breuer’s B3 or “Wassily” chair was originally designed for use in the office of
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Leather

B3 Armchair by Marcel Breuer
By Marcel Breuer
Located in grand Lancy, CH
a B 3 armchair by Marcel Breuer for standar mobel manufactured by Thonet France after 1945 chromium
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Vintage 1940s German Armchairs

B3 Armchair by Marcel Breuer
B3 Armchair by Marcel Breuer
H 30.32 in W 30.71 in D 28.75 in
Vintage Wassily B3 armchair by Marcel Breuer
By Marcel Breuer
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Wassily B3 armchair designed by Marcel Breuer, from the 80s. Tubular base in chromed steel, seat
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Late 20th Century European Armchairs

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Metal, Chrome

Vintage Wassily B3 armchair by Marcel Breuer
Vintage Wassily B3 armchair by Marcel Breuer
H 28.35 in W 31.11 in D 27.56 in
Marcel Breuer Wassily B3 Armchairs in Tan Leather
By Marcel Breuer
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Marcel Breuer Wassily Model #B3 Mid-Century Modern lounge arm chairs, tan leather strap
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20th Century Modern Armchairs

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Metal

Gavina B3 Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer
By Gavina, Marcel Breuer
Located in Ludwigslust, DE
This Bauhaus icon designed by Marcel Breuer in the 1920s as B3 is in very good condition with an
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Vintage 1920s Italian Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

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Leather

Gavina B3 Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer
Gavina B3 Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer
H 28.75 in W 30.71 in D 27.17 in
Armchair B3 "Wassily" by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, 1925
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Brussels , BE
The Wassily Chair, also known as the Model B3 chair, was designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925–1926
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Vintage 1920s German Armchairs

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Metal

1930's Thonet B3 Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer
By Marcel Breuer
Located in London, GB
An original 1930's Thonet B3 Club chair by Marcel Breuer (Hungarian 1902-1981) designed 1925-7
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Vintage 1930s Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

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Metal

B3 "Wassily" Chairs by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, Italy, circa 1970
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Conversano, IT
Iconic Wassily armchair model B3 in brown leather by Marcel Breuer produced by Gavina in the 1970s
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Vintage 1970s Italian Bauhaus Armchairs

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Chrome

White Wassili Lounge Chair B 3 by Marcel Breuer Bauhaus Style
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Vienna, AT
This lounge chair model Wassili B 3 was designed by Marcel Breuer 1925-1927 and executed circa 1970
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Vintage 1970s Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

1980s Vintage Wassily B3 Black Leather and Chrome Chair Marcel Breuer
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Wassily chair designed by Marcel Breuer. The original year of design of this chair was 1925, this
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Mid-20th Century American Bauhaus Armchairs

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Leather

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Breuer B3 For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the breuer b3 you’re looking for. Each breuer b3 for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using animal skin, metal and leather. There are many kinds of the breuer b3 you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Each breuer b3 bearing Mid-Century Modern or Modern hallmarks is very popular.

How Much is a Breuer B3?

A breuer b3 can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,846, while the lowest priced sells for $814 and the highest can go for as much as $60,000.

Marcel Breuer for sale on 1stDibs

The architect and designer Marcel Breuer was one the 20th century’s most influential and innovative adherents of modernism. A member of the Bauhaus faculty, Breuer — like such colleagues as the architects Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and the artists and art theoreticians László Moholy-Nagy and Josef Albers — left Europe in the 1930s to champion the new design philosophy and its practice in the United States.

Born in Hungary, Breuer became a Bauhaus student in 1920 and quickly impressed Gropius, the German school’s founder, with his aptitude for furniture design. His early work was influenced by the minimalist Dutch design movement De Stijl — in particular the work of architect Gerrit Rietveld. In 1925, while he was head of the Bauhaus furniture workshop, Breuer realized his signature innovation: the use of lightweight tubular-steel frames for chairs, tables and sofas — a technique soon adopted by Mies and others. Breuer’s attention gradually shifted from design to architecture, and, at the urging of Gropius, he joined his mentor in 1937 on the faculty of Harvard and in an architectural practice.

In the 1940s, Breuer opened his own architectural office, and there his style evolved from geometric, glass-walled structures toward a kind of hybrid architecture — seen in numerous Breuer houses in New England — that pairs bases of local fieldstone with sleek, wood-framed modernist upper floors. In his later, larger commissions, Breuer worked chiefly with reinforced concrete and stone, as seen in his best-known design, the brutalist inverted ziggurat built in New York in 1966 as the home of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Breuer’s most famous furniture pieces are those made of tubular steel, which include the Wassily chair — named after Wassily Kandinsky and recognizable for its leather-strap seating supports — and the caned Cesca chair. Breuer also made several notable designs in molded plywood, including a chaise and nesting table for the British firm Isokon and a student furniture suite commissioned in 1938 for a dormitory at Bryn Mawr College. Whether in metal or wood, Breuer’s design objects are elegant and adaptable examples of classic modernist design — useful and appropriate in any environment.

Find vintage Marcel Breuer seating, storage cabinets and lighting on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Seating for You

With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.

Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.

Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.

The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.

Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.

With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.

Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.

No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.

Questions About Marcel Breuer
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    Marcel Breuer is known for his work as an architect and furniture designer during the 20th century. During his life, he created many famous chairs that remain popular today, including the Wassily lounge chair, the Cesca chair and the D40 cantilever chair. You’ll find a range of Marcel Breuer furniture on 1stDibs.