Marcel Breuer’s Short Chair
Marcel Breuer was one of the most important furniture designers of the 20th century. Here Christopher Wilk, Keeper of Furniture, Textiles and Fashion at the V&A, explores the history of the Short Chair - one of his best-known designs.
Breuer emigrated to London from Germany in 1935 and the Short Chair is part of a group of modernist plywood furniture that he designed for the Isokon Furniture Company in the late 1930s.
Produced as part of the V&A exhibition Plywood: Material of the Modern World (15 July - 12 November 2017) www.vam.ac.uk/plywood
Sponsored by MADE.COM. Supported by the American Friends of the V&A
Find out more about plywood with our fascinating exhibition book, Plywood: A Material Story
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An educational video with the history of a beautiful and functional chair. I didn't kow that plywood was so strong!
such a beautiful chair
I loved the Plywood exhibition.
whos watching this for DET
Let’s give credit to Alvar Aalto who came up with the bend wood concept, he design the “31” arm chair inspired by marcel Breuer (1931)