Wassily Chair
E205801
The Wassily Chair is a pioneering modernist tubular steel and leather armchair designed in the 1920s that became an icon of Bauhaus furniture design.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wassily Chair canonical | 4 |
| Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Wassily Chair Context triple: [Marcel Breuer, notableFor, Wassily Chair]
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Red and Blue Chair
Red and Blue Chair is an iconic early 20th-century modernist armchair designed by Gerrit Rietveld, celebrated for its abstract geometric form and primary color scheme emblematic of the De Stijl movement.
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Womb chair for Knoll
The Womb chair for Knoll is a mid-century modern lounge chair celebrated for its organic, enveloping form and pioneering use of molded fiberglass and foam to create a comfortable, sculptural seat.
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Tulip chair
The Tulip chair is a mid-century modern, pedestal-based dining chair designed by Eero Saarinen, celebrated for its sleek, sculptural form and innovative single-leg construction.
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Chair X
Chair X is one of the numbered academic seats of the Royal Spanish Academy, occupied by a distinguished scholar responsible for contributing to the institution’s work on the Spanish language.
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E.
Broken Chair sculpture
The Broken Chair sculpture is a monumental wooden artwork in Geneva symbolizing opposition to landmines and cluster munitions and advocating for the rights and dignity of war victims.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Wassily Chair Target entity description: The Wassily Chair is a pioneering modernist tubular steel and leather armchair designed in the 1920s that became an icon of Bauhaus furniture design.
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A.
Red and Blue Chair
Red and Blue Chair is an iconic early 20th-century modernist armchair designed by Gerrit Rietveld, celebrated for its abstract geometric form and primary color scheme emblematic of the De Stijl movement.
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B.
Womb chair for Knoll
The Womb chair for Knoll is a mid-century modern lounge chair celebrated for its organic, enveloping form and pioneering use of molded fiberglass and foam to create a comfortable, sculptural seat.
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C.
Tulip chair
The Tulip chair is a mid-century modern, pedestal-based dining chair designed by Eero Saarinen, celebrated for its sleek, sculptural form and innovative single-leg construction.
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D.
Chair X
Chair X is one of the numbered academic seats of the Royal Spanish Academy, occupied by a distinguished scholar responsible for contributing to the institution’s work on the Spanish language.
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E.
Broken Chair sculpture
The Broken Chair sculpture is a monumental wooden artwork in Geneva symbolizing opposition to landmines and cluster munitions and advocating for the rights and dignity of war victims.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bauhaus furniture
ⓘ
armchair ⓘ industrial design icon ⓘ modernist furniture ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Cesca Chair
ⓘ
surface form:
Model B3 chair
|
| armSupport | strapped leather ⓘ |
| armType | open-frame arms ⓘ |
| backSupport | strapped leather ⓘ |
| backType | sling backrest ⓘ |
| category | iconic chair design ⓘ |
| colorOptions |
black leather
ⓘ
brown leather ⓘ white leather ⓘ |
| commercialStatus | still in production ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | design classic ⓘ |
| designedAt |
Bauhaus Dessau building
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surface form:
Bauhaus Dessau
|
| designer |
Marcel Breuer
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Marcel Breuer ⓘ
surface form:
Marcel Lajos Breuer
|
| designPrinciple |
exposed structure
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reduction to essential forms ⓘ use of industrial materials ⓘ |
| designYear |
1925
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1926 ⓘ |
| era | 1920s design ⓘ |
| frameType | bent tubular steel frame ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century chair design
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modern tubular steel furniture ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | bicycle handlebars ⓘ |
| legType | continuous steel loop legs ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Gebrüder Thonet
ⓘ
Knoll ⓘ |
| material |
leather
ⓘ
tubular steel ⓘ |
| movement |
Bauhaus movement
ⓘ
International Style ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Wassily Kandinsky ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Bauhaus
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minimalist aesthetic ⓘ pioneering use of tubular steel in furniture ⓘ |
| originalUse |
residential seating
ⓘ
studio furniture ⓘ |
| period | interwar period ⓘ |
| seatSupport | strapped leather ⓘ |
| seatType | sling seat ⓘ |
| style |
Bauhaus
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Modernism ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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