Marcel Breur
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Marcel Breuer Collection
Marcel Breuer Collection
One of the fathers of Modernism, Marcel Breuer studied and taught at the Bauhaus,
where he directed the carpentry workshop. As a celebratedarchitect, Breuer had an
uncanny ability to manipulate new technologies and materials. “Mass production,”
he said, “made me interested in polished metal, in shiny and impeccable lines in space,
asnew components of our interiors. I considered such polished and curved lines not only symbolic
of our modern technology but actually to be technology.”
Inspired in part by the streamlined shape ofhis bicycle, Breuer designed his iconic lounge chair in
1927. It was later named for the artist Wassily Kandinsky, who had one of the innovative chairs in his
office. Breuer’s popular Laccio Tablesepitomize his approach to modern living, where affordability
and function are considered essential.
Breuer’s next breakthrough was his design of the cantilevered chair. His brilliant insight wasto use a
light gauge steel tubing with a resilient form, creating a chair that approached his de-materialist ideal
of “sitting on columns of air.” The cantilevered Cesca Chair was his greatestcommercial success.
In 1937, Breuer joined Walter Gropius in his architectural practice and also at Harvard, where he
taught architecture. Breuer moved to New York in 1946 to establish his ownarchitectural firm; concrete
became his medium of choice as manifested in his design of the Whitney Museum of Art in New York.
Other major architectural achievements include the Cleveland Museum of Art andthe UNESCO
headquarters in Paris.
The Breuer Collection reflects the KnollStudio® commitment to timeless, enduring design, continuing
the Knoll legacy of producing furniture to the exactingstandards of the designer and affirming our
unwavering belief in the power and utility of modern design.
Wassily Chair, right, in Spinneybeck ® belting leather, Simply Red.
Laccio Tables
A...
Marcel Breuer Collection
One of the fathers of Modernism, Marcel Breuer studied and taught at the Bauhaus,
where he directed the carpentry workshop. As a celebratedarchitect, Breuer had an
uncanny ability to manipulate new technologies and materials. “Mass production,”
he said, “made me interested in polished metal, in shiny and impeccable lines in space,
asnew components of our interiors. I considered such polished and curved lines not only symbolic
of our modern technology but actually to be technology.”
Inspired in part by the streamlined shape ofhis bicycle, Breuer designed his iconic lounge chair in
1927. It was later named for the artist Wassily Kandinsky, who had one of the innovative chairs in his
office. Breuer’s popular Laccio Tablesepitomize his approach to modern living, where affordability
and function are considered essential.
Breuer’s next breakthrough was his design of the cantilevered chair. His brilliant insight wasto use a
light gauge steel tubing with a resilient form, creating a chair that approached his de-materialist ideal
of “sitting on columns of air.” The cantilevered Cesca Chair was his greatestcommercial success.
In 1937, Breuer joined Walter Gropius in his architectural practice and also at Harvard, where he
taught architecture. Breuer moved to New York in 1946 to establish his ownarchitectural firm; concrete
became his medium of choice as manifested in his design of the Whitney Museum of Art in New York.
Other major architectural achievements include the Cleveland Museum of Art andthe UNESCO
headquarters in Paris.
The Breuer Collection reflects the KnollStudio® commitment to timeless, enduring design, continuing
the Knoll legacy of producing furniture to the exactingstandards of the designer and affirming our
unwavering belief in the power and utility of modern design.
Wassily Chair, right, in Spinneybeck ® belting leather, Simply Red.
Laccio Tables
A...
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