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Armchair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1926

GUSN

GUSN-56424

Description

Continuous tubular base, l-shaped seat & back, black canvas

Details

Descriptive Terms

armchairs
chairs (furniture forms)
canvas
plating (metal coating)
steel (alloy)
Modern (styles and periods)
Steel
Plated
Modern
Coated Canvas
CHAIR

Associated Building

Original to Gropius House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Probably Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981 (Maker)

Location of Origin

Germany

Dimensions

29 x 23.375 x 27 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Ise Gropius

Accession Number

1984.100

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