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B-5 Side Chair

A work made of chrome-plated steel tubing; woven wicker seat and back.

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  • A work made of chrome-plated steel tubing; woven wicker seat and back.

Date:

Designed 1926/27; Manufactured 1927/28

Artist:

Designed by Marcel Breuer
American, born Hungary, 1902-1981
Manufactured by Standard-Möbel
Germany, 20th century
Berlin, Germany

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Marcel Breuer (Designer)

Title

B-5 Side Chair

Place

Berlin (Object made in)

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Designed 1926–1927

Medium

Chrome-plated steel tubing; woven wicker seat and back

Dimensions

83.8 × 45.7 × 61 cm (33 × 18 × 24 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Paul Bell, Miss Cornelia Conger, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hixon Glore, Mr. L. C. Holloman Jr., Dr. Hans Huth, Miss Agnes Josephine Johnson, Keating Family Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. George Kratzmer, Mrs. Nicholas J. Lavezzorio, Russell Tyson, Mrs. Elizabeth Price Welch, and Mrs. Frank H. Woods.

Reference Number

1982.1167

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