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| Marcel Breuer: the Bryn Mawr Furniture Marcel Breuer, the famous Bauhaus trained architect, moved to America in 1937. Along with Walter Gropius, he was professor of architecture at Harvard. Together the two men were to have a wide influence over an entire generation of American architects. The following lots are from the first furniture commission Breuer received in America. In 1937, Bryn Mawr College commissioned Breuer to design the furniture for the new Rhoads Hall. The furniture was designed in 1938. The resulting designs expanded on his earlier European work. His innovative use of plywood construction was to gain widespread acceptance in the post-war period. The Bryn Mawr furniture is illustrated in Christopher Wilk's Marcel Breuer Furniture and Interiors, page 151. The designs have also been exhibited at MoMA and are in the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum. 1204. Marcel Breuer Bryn Mawr desk, 1938, solid rectangular birch top with rounded corners over four drawers with cut-out pulls with laminated and molded leg, marked "Rhoads", 50"w x 25"d x 29"h, wear, good condition 3000-5000 1205. Marcel Breuer Bryn Mawr cabinet, 1938, solid rectangular birch top with rounded corners over four drawers with cut-out pulls, 50"w x 25"d x 29"h, wear, good condition 3000-5000 |
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1206. Marcel Breuer Bryn Mawr bookshelf, 1938, rectangular form in birch with two shelves, 60"w x 5"d x 24"h, good condition 1000-1500 1207. Marcel Breuer Bryn Mawr desk chair, 1938, cut-out plywood sides, solid wood seat and back with thick dowel stretchers allin birch, marked Rhoads, 18"w x 19"d x 33"h, wear, good condition 7000-9000 |
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