Classic designs are around for a reason. Why one piece becomes a sensation over another is always a matter of debate. In the case of Hungarian-born designer Marcel Breuer, his Wassily chair began as a ...

85 x 59 x 60 cm. (33.5 x 23.2 x 23.6 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

To paraphrase the great comic-strip possum Pogo, "We have seen chairs, and they are us." Unlike the practical table or the bland, beckoning bed, a chair is never simply a chair. Taking the shape of a ...

34 1/4 x 24 3/4 x 31 1/2 in. (87 x 62.9 x 80 cm) ...

The Wassily chair is one of those rare designs that is absolutely modern in spirit but also very comfortable. It was designed in 1925 and many other revolutionary chairs have come along since, but you ...

Every time you plop yourself down in a chair at work, rush to your favorite seat in class, or lounge at your desk at home, you can thank the Bauhaus Movement. The Bauhaus was originally a German arts ...

Diane Cowen worked at the Houston Chronicle from 2000 to 2023, most recently as its architecture and home design writer. Prior to working for the Chronicle, she worked at the South Bend (Ind.) Tribune ...

Marcel Breuer was a Hungarian architect and furniture designer, best known for the iconic design of what is now known as the Breuer Building. Located at the corner of Madison Avenue and 75th Street in ...

The mid century modern homes that still stand proud are proof that the most influential design movement’s reign is still very much in effect. And if there is one group of furniture designers and ...

The Marcel Breuer Papers were generously donated to the Archives of American Art between 1985 and 1999 by his widow, Constance Breuer. Spanning the years 1920 to 1986, the papers include ...

To get to the Wellfleet cottage designed by renowned Modernist architect Marcel Breuer, you drive a mile into the pitch-pine woods over a road of sand. Five stairs ascend to the entry deck. On the ...

29 1/4 x 31 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. (74.3 x 80 x 67.3 cm.) ...