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Marcel Breuer, England, 1939
Set of three nesting tables in polychromed plywood. Designed by Marcel Breuer and made by Isokon Furniture Company, Estonia/England.
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By the time Marcel Breuer arrived in London in 1935 to join the Isokon community of designers, he was no stranger to the nesting table form. In the late 1920s, he had designed a tubular steel version for Thonet, which was quite successful. With Isokon, Breuer's iconic designs in plywood were produced in Estonia, and then shipped to London, where the tiny in-house workshop made their final adjustments. Each of the tables is cut and bent from a single sheet of plywood. The present examples are from the very first years of production prior to Germany invading Poland in September 1939. Other examples of the complete set of three are in the collections of MoMA and the Victoria & Albert Museum. -
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Marcel Breuer, England, 1935
Long Chair in plywood with red cushion. Designed by Marcel Breuer and manufactured by Isokon Furniture Company, London, 1935-1939.
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Marcel Breuer, London, 1936
Early dining chair in walnut and birch plywood. Designed by Marcel Breuer and manufactured by The Isokon Furniture Company, London, 1936.
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Marcel Breuer, England, 1935
Long Chair. Manufactured by Isokon Furniture Company, London, 1935–1939. Plywood.
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After Breuer fled Nazi Germany, he settled in London, where he designed a seminal series of plywood furniture for Isokon, the firm founded by Jack Pritchard. Influenced heavily by Aalto, the Long Chair featured a bent ply seat manufactured by the firm Venesta in Estonia, which was shipped to London and united with its wooden arms assembled from recycled packing crates and other scraps. The present one, like many, was originally upholstered by Isokon, but probably lost its tacked cushion when the collecting market for the chair started to develop in the 1980s. It was the most successful design for Isokon, and today more than a dozen examples are in museums.