B-5 Side Chair

Designed by Marcel Breuer American, born Hungary, 1902-1981 Manufactured by Standard-Möbel Germany, 20th century Berlin, Germany

Date

Designed 1926/27; Manufactured 1927/28

Medium

Chrome-plated steel tubing; woven wicker seat and back

Dimensions

83.8 × 45.7 × 61 cm (33 × 18 × 24 in.)

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Credit line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Paul Bell, Miss Cornelia Conger, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hixon Glore, Mr. L. C. Holloman Jr., Dr. Hans Huth, Miss Agnes Josephine Johnson, Keating Family Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. George Kratzmer, Mrs. Nicholas J. Lavezzorio, Russell Tyson, Mrs. Elizabeth Price Welch, and Mrs. Frank H. Woods.