2 WASSILY (B3) CHAIRS TABLE BREUER GAVINA KNOLL very good condition Start Price USD 800.00 Current Price USD 800.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, November 28, 2008 End Time Wednesday, December 03, 2008 Location providence, RI See more about ' 2 WASSILY (B3) CHAIRS TABLE BREUER GAVINA KNOLL' Description Two Breurer Wassily Chairs, aka Model B3 chair replica arm chairs and matching table in great condition You are bidding on a set of two B3 Wassily reproduction chairs fabricated in Gavina of Italy and a matching table. The Wassily Chair, also known as the Model B3 chair, was designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925-26 while he was the head of the cabinet-making workshop at the Bauhaus, in Dessau, Germany. Despite popular belief, the chair was not designed for the non-objective painter Wassily Kandinsky, who was concurrently on the Bauhaus faculty. However, Kandinsky had admired the completed design, and Breuer fabricated a duplicate for Kandinsky's personal quarters. The chair became known as "Wassily" decades later, when it was re-released by an Italian manufacturer who had learned of the anecdotal Kandinsky connection in the course of its research on the chair's origins. This chair was revolutionary in the use of the materials (bent tubular steel and canvas) and methods of manufacturing. It is said that the handlebar of Breuer's 'Adler' bicycle inspired him to use steel tubing to build the chair, and it proved to be an appropriate material because it was available in quantity. The design (and all subsequent steel tubing furniture) was technologically feasible only because the German steel manufacturer Mannesmann had recently perfected a process for making seamless steel tubing. Previously, steel tubing had a welded seam, which would collapse when the tubing was bent. The earliest Wassily chairs were fabricated of tubular steel with chrome plating and leather, canvas or a fabric called Eisengarn (iron yarn), and available in black, green, rust, red, and blue. It was originally manufactured by Gebruder Thonet and Standard-Mobel. Original models are very rare, and mostly in museum collections. The Cooper-Hewitt bought an original Wassily Chair at a New York City auction just last spring as an addition to their permanent collection. Depending on condition these chairs can cost $25,000 or more. Knoll International was given the license to produce Wassily chairs in the United States in 1948, and has been manufacturing them ever since. New versions are available from Knoll International for about $1,600 and Design Within Reach for around $1,500. Theses chairs were fabricated by Gavina in Italy. Gavina became part of the Knoll collection when Knoll acquired Gavina in 1968. Since then Knoll is the only manufacturer to produce Breuer’s Wassily chair to the original specification. http://www.knoll-int.com/products/knollstudio/lounge_chairs/vassily_lounge_chair# These two classic design chairs and matching tubular metal table are being made available immediately. The chairs can be picked up or locally delivered 100 miles from Providence, Rhode Island 100.00. For West coast and other states, crate and sidewalk delivery to be calculated. Please request shipping costs before bidding on these wonderful pieces of history Buyer pays all shipping charges and a 30.00 handling charge. Please contact if you have any questions before the end of the auction. Payment Methods: - We discourage the use of PayPal for payment. - Personal check (U.S. only) For payments by check, your order will be held for a mandatory 10 "business" days before we ship out. $25.00 service charge for all returned checks. - Cashier's check (Drawn on a U.S. Bank) - Money Order (International Bidders- International Postal Money Orders payable in U.S. funds) Shipping: Packing and shipping to be paid by buyer. Shipping charges to be calculated based on destination. Money Order (International Bidders- International Postal Money Orders payable in U.S. funds) Place a Bid!