B35, A PAIR OF LOUNGE CHAIRS

Details

Marcel Breuer for Thonet, 1928, executed in 1930
B35, A PAIR OF LOUNGE CHAIRS
Tubular chromed steel frame with ebonized armrests and Eisengarn seat, with green fabric upholstered cushions
Each 84 cm. high
Both with original Thonet label (2)

Provenance

Winkelhuis De Rode Hoed, Turnhout

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The warehouse De Rode Hoed in Turnhout, Belgium, was decorated by the architect and decorator Eduard van Steenbergen in 1930. In the lady's drawingroom the B35 armchair flanked the fireplace.

See:
Victor van den Berghe and Henry van de Velde, Eduard van Steenbergen bouwmeester en binnenhuiskunstenaar (1889-1952), Antwerp, 1955, pp. 18-20, ill. 92

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