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Sidechair B5
Sidechair B5

Sidechair B5

Date1926-27
Label TextThis was one of Breuer's first tubular-steel designs. Its success confirmed his interest in producing furniture that was supported by continuous tubing rather than separate legs. Although it never went into mass-production, the chair was widely used at the Bauhaus, the legendary school of art and design founded in Weimar by Walter Gropius in 1919. The Bauhaus faculty sought to raise the status of crafts to that enjoyed by the fine arts. Through a revolutionary fusion of technology, craftsmanship, and modernist aesthetics they created utilitarian objects that were often spare, undecorated, and elegant. Breuer was head of the furniture workshop at the Bauhaus from 1925 to 1928, when he set up in private practice in Berlin.
Object number98.23
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Anselm Kiefer and Germanic Tradition", June 4, 1999 - January 2, 2000
Credit LineDecorative Arts Purchase Fund
Dimensions33 1/4 x 17 11/16 x 23 5/8 in. (84.5 x 45 x 60 cm)
Mediumsteel with chrome and wool fabric
Jean-Baptiste Sené
ca. 1795-1800
Object number: 97.44.1.3
Jean-Baptiste Sené
ca. 1795-1800
Object number: 97.44.1.4
late 19th century
Object number: 2010.33
Photo: Scott Leen
2013
Object number: 2020.8
Photo: Jueqian Fang
1989
Object number: 2014.25.11
B6 chair
1929
Object number: 98.24
Fragment:  Virgil from "Triumph of Fame Over Death"
French
ca. 1510
Object number: 56.271
Turkish
18th century
Object number: 97.58
Coverlet:  Lee's Surrender Pattern
19th century
Object number: 33.278
Tablecloth
ca. 1880
Object number: 84.79
Coverlet:  youth and beauty pattern
19th century
Object number: 33.272
Coverlet
19th century
Object number: 33.273