'ti 1a' wooden-slat chair, 1922-24 – Marcel Breuer

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Marcel Breuer
'ti 1a' wooden-slat chair, 1922-24

H. 96.5 x 56 x 62 cm. Made at Bauhaus, Weimar. Oak slats, stained dark brown, dark gray fabric.

Second version with wooden slats as legs instead of square timber. In this version, the two vertical wooden slats of the backrest are positioned outwards; this version (but still without supporting cross bracing) is shown in the publication of the Bauhaus Archive Berlin 'Bauhaus Chairs. From Experiment to Mass Production: '50 Chairs, easy chairs and stools', p. 11.

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Hammer Price: 45,000 €

166A - Schools of Design
29. November 2022 at 3:00 PM CET

Literature:

Cat. Bauhaus Archive Berlin. The Collection, Berlin 1987, p. 90.

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