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Lot Essay
cf. M. Droste and M. Ludewig, Marcel Breuer Design, Cologne, 1994, p. 119 for an illustration of a chaise longue of this model.
D. E. Ostergard, ed., Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, New York, 1987, p. 322, ill. 109B for an illustration of a chaise longue of this model.
C. Wilk, exhibition catalogue, Marcel Breuer: Furniture and Interiors, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1981, pp. 116 and 125 for illustrations of chaise longues of this design.
Founded by the Swiss art historian and engineer, Sigfried Gideon, the progressive Zurich based company Wohnbedarf retailed furniture Gideon considered appropriate for modern living, of a high quality and also affordable. Breuer was one among a number of architects who designed for the company, others included Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier and Emil Roth. Embru, a Swiss firm based in Rüti, was Wohnbedarf's primary manufacturer. In 1933, Embru persuaded Breuer to submit five of his designs, including the present chaise longue, to the international competition of the Best Aluminium Chair, sponsored by Alliance Aluminium Cie of France. Breuer's designs were awarded first prize by each of the two separate juries, one representing the aluminium industry, the other representing the International Congress of Modern Architecture.
The designs in the aluminium series met with great popular acclaim and formed the link between the tubular steel furniture of Breuer's time at the Bauhaus in Germany and the plywood furniture which he developed after his emigration to England between 1935 and 1937.
D. E. Ostergard, ed., Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, New York, 1987, p. 322, ill. 109B for an illustration of a chaise longue of this model.
C. Wilk, exhibition catalogue, Marcel Breuer: Furniture and Interiors, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1981, pp. 116 and 125 for illustrations of chaise longues of this design.
Founded by the Swiss art historian and engineer, Sigfried Gideon, the progressive Zurich based company Wohnbedarf retailed furniture Gideon considered appropriate for modern living, of a high quality and also affordable. Breuer was one among a number of architects who designed for the company, others included Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier and Emil Roth. Embru, a Swiss firm based in Rüti, was Wohnbedarf's primary manufacturer. In 1933, Embru persuaded Breuer to submit five of his designs, including the present chaise longue, to the international competition of the Best Aluminium Chair, sponsored by Alliance Aluminium Cie of France. Breuer's designs were awarded first prize by each of the two separate juries, one representing the aluminium industry, the other representing the International Congress of Modern Architecture.
The designs in the aluminium series met with great popular acclaim and formed the link between the tubular steel furniture of Breuer's time at the Bauhaus in Germany and the plywood furniture which he developed after his emigration to England between 1935 and 1937.