A rare cane and chromed tubular steel armchair, model B35

DESIGNED BY MARCEL BREUER IN 1929, MANUFACTURED BY THONET VIENNA, 1930S

Details

A rare cane and chromed tubular steel armchair, model B35
Designed by Marcel Breuer in 1929, manufactured by Thonet Vienna, 1930s
Black painted wood arms, re-caned seat and back

Provenance

Private European collection.

Sale room notice

Please note that the caning on this chair is original, and specific to and characteristic of Thonet Vienna production. The chair has not been re-caned as stated in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

See footnote to lot 63.
The cane covering of this chair confirms that it is of Viennese production, and thus considerably rarer than the German-produced Thonet models with their more common eisengarn covering.
Another example of this design with cane covering is in the collection of the Neue Sammlung, Munich.
See: Wichmann, p. 210.

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