Wassily chair (Model B3) by Marcel Breuer Floral the award-winning Italian designer Gianfranco

the award-winning Italian designer Gianfranco Frattini (1926–2004) created furniture and decor that merges function and form with supreme sophistication

Age: Circa 1950

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paired with newer cushions from Herman Miller

25" x D 16" x SH 17"

Wassily chair (Model B3) by Marcel Breuer Floral the award-winning Italian designer GianfrancoThe Model B3 chair is the creation of architect and designer Marcel Breuer. Its steel tube construction was inspired by Breuer's bicycle, which he purchased upon arriving to Bauhaus in 1925. Breuer would spend several years perfecting the form of the Model B3, now one of the most recognizable pieces of modern furniture. The chair was later renamed Wassily in honor of Vasily Kandinsky, Breuers friend and fellow Bauhaus instructor, who had praised the