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Marcel Breuer (1902–1981) for Isokon Furniture Co., London 'Long Chair' a Modernist Full-length Lounger, circa 1936 image 1
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Marcel Breuer (1902–1981) for Isokon Furniture Co., London
'Long Chair' a Modernist Full-length Lounger, circa 1936

17 June 2015, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£9,000 - £12,000

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Marcel Breuer (1902–1981) for Isokon Furniture Co., London

'Long Chair' a Modernist Full-length Lounger, circa 1936
moulded birch plywood with zebrano veneer, four strips of bentwood incorporate to provide support and armrests, with original red woven cushioned cover
150cm by 70cm by 60cm

Footnotes

Provenance:
Purchased by Sir Leslie Martin (1908-2000) in the mid 1930s. Sir Martin was an educator, researcher and architect, and Royal Gold Medalist (1973), most renowned for being the architect responsible for the Royal Festival Hall.

The V&A hold the 'Short Chair' version of this chair in their collection.

The Isokon 'Short Chair' and 'Long Chair' were a transformation into plywood of an earlier aluminium chair designed by Marcel Breuer in 1932. It was Walter Gropius, when appointed at the Isokon Furniture Company, who in 1936 suggested that Breuer design a plywood version, it was produced by the company for less than 3 years.

Literature:
Charlotte & Peter Fiell, '1000 chairs', Taschen, 1997, p.168

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