THE WASSILY CHAIR

The Wassily Chair was designed in and the first chair built in 1925. It was originally named the model B3 and was inspired by the bent handle bars of Marcel’s “Adler Bicycle. The chair has an unmistakable industrial appearance. At first glance, the mix of angles and materials gives a rather complicated impression. Studying the flow of the tubular frame and the connection of the leather platforms reveals the designs true simplicity. The Wassily chair took on the name Wassily after an Italian furniture manufacture gave the chair a rebirth of sort in the 1960′s by reproducing the original chair design. Wassily was the last name of Marcel Breuer’s painter
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