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Bed

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1925

GUSN

GUSN-62176

Description

Narrow; tubular steel rods & black wood rails; head&footboards

Details

Descriptive Terms

beds (furniture)
sleeping and reclining furniture
chromium
plating (metal coating)
steel (alloy)
Modern (styles and periods)
Steel
Plated
Modern
Chrome
BED

Associated Person

Knauer, Gustav

Associated Building

Original to Gropius House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981 (Designer)
Bauhaus Furniture Workshop (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Germany; Dessau, Germany

Dimensions

29.75 x 43 x 18.25 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Ise Gropius

Accession Number

1984.291.1

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