Lot No. 156


A “B 5” chair,


A “B 5” chair, - Design

designed by Marcel Breuer in 1926 for Standard Möbel/Thonet, nickel plated tubular steel, green iron yarn, height 74 cm, width 45 cm, depth 47 cm, height of seat 42 cm. (DR) This chair is about 12 percent smaller than the version of the “B 5” that used to be offered in the factory catalogue. It is probably a special model made for youngsters. Lit.: Design. Made in Germany, Cologne 2001, p. 28, ill. - E. B. Ottillinger, Zappel, Phillip! Kindermöbel. Eine Designgeschichte, Vienna 2006, p. 147, ill. - A. von Vegesack, Deutsche Stahlrohrmöbel. 650 Modelle aus Katalogen von 1927–1958, Munich 1986, p. 41 (regular size)

Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226

gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at

14.05.2013 - 19:00

Estimate:
EUR 2,600.- to EUR 2,800.-

A “B 5” chair,


designed by Marcel Breuer in 1926 for Standard Möbel/Thonet, nickel plated tubular steel, green iron yarn, height 74 cm, width 45 cm, depth 47 cm, height of seat 42 cm. (DR) This chair is about 12 percent smaller than the version of the “B 5” that used to be offered in the factory catalogue. It is probably a special model made for youngsters. Lit.: Design. Made in Germany, Cologne 2001, p. 28, ill. - E. B. Ottillinger, Zappel, Phillip! Kindermöbel. Eine Designgeschichte, Vienna 2006, p. 147, ill. - A. von Vegesack, Deutsche Stahlrohrmöbel. 650 Modelle aus Katalogen von 1927–1958, Munich 1986, p. 41 (regular size)

Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226

gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Design
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 14.05.2013 - 19:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 04.05. - 14.05.2013