Isokon Long Chair
Illustration — Marcel Breuer. Long Chair, c. 1935–1936 Brooklyn Museum The Isokon Long Chair is a chair designed by Marcel Breuer for the Isokon company in 1935–36.
Also recorded as Isokon chaise longue
Isokon Long Chair
Marcel Breuer · Brooklyn Museum · No known copyright restrictions
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- chaise longue · chair
- Period
- 1935
- Related practice
- plywood
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Illustration — Marcel Breuer. Long Chair, c. 1935–1936 Brooklyn Museum The Isokon Long Chair is a chair designed by Marcel Breuer for the Isokon company in 1935–36.
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The chair is considered one of the most important pieces of furniture to emerge from the inter-war modern movement and it is in the permanent collections of several internationally renowned museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum. Breuer came to Britain in the mid-1930s following the closure of the Bauhaus by the Nazis. He became acquainted with Jack Pritchard, the owner of Isokon, who suggested he design furniture for the company. Pritchard had become interested in the plywood designs of Alvar Aalto and wanted to produce similar furniture himself. The Long Chair was an adaptation of a previous design for an aluminium-framed chaise Breuer had produced in 1932.
It is recorded as the work of Marcel Breuer. Materials recorded for it are plywood. The record gives 1935 as its date of establishment or first appearance. It is recorded in the collection of Museum of Modern Art and Israel Museum.
Isokon Long Chair is classified as a chaise longue or chair. Recorded as made of plywood. Recorded from 1935. Within the Encyclopedia. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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1935
Isokon Long Chair first recorded.
1935
Isokon Long Chair is recorded from 1935.
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