{"product_id":"wassily-chair-chrome-black-cowhide-leather","title":"Wassily Lounge Chair - designed by Marcel Breuer, 1925 - made by Knoll","description":"\u003cp\u003eWassily lounge chair with black Spinneybeck leather belting and chrome frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarcel Breuer was an apprentice at the Bauhaus when he began experimenting with tubular steel as a way of building a more transparent chair. Inspired by a new manufacturing technique to shape drop handlebars of a bicycle and influenced by the constructivist theories of the De Stjil movement, Breuer reduced the form of the classic club chair to its elemental lines and planes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe composition of leather suspended on steel tubes was the first of a kind. Breuer later named the chair after artist Wassily Kandinsky, his friend at the Bauhaus and the first person to whom he showed the chair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis use of tubular steel to define lines in space revolutionized furniture construction and inspired subsequent generations of designers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart sculpture, part furniture, 100% iconic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA classic KnollStudio design, produced to Breuer's original specifications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe KnollStudio logo and the signature of Breuer, Marcel are stamped into the base of the chairs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAWARDS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Museum of Modern Art Award, 1968.\u003cbr\u003eRecognition as \"Work of Art\" Germany, 1982.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: 79cm W x 69cm D x 73cm H, with a seat height of 42cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knoll","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49920106201317,"sku":"31647160","price":1175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1721\/0879\/files\/Wassily-lounge-chair-1.jpg?v=1783414578","url":"https:\/\/saltsmillshop.co.uk\/products\/wassily-chair-chrome-black-cowhide-leather","provider":"Salts Mill Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}