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White cushion for lounge chair, zippered sleeves fit over foot and head rests.
cushions
couches (reclining furniture)
canvas
Cushion
"Cherished Possessions": Working in England, where he had gone to join Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer reworked an earlier design for an aluminum lounge chair so that it could be manufactured in birch plywood, a warmer, less austere material. The result was the long chair, which, according to one critic, was the most important example of modernist furniture [designed] in England. Years later, covered with sheepskin, this was one of the Gropius family's favorite chairs.
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969
Original to Gropius House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981 (Designer)
Isokon (Manufacturer)
Germany; London, USA
29 x 24 5/8 x 55 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Ise Gropius
1984.25B
Title Lounge chair Accession Number 1984.25A
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