Marcel Breuer Wassily Chair by Find Me The Original

[o0KANINE0o]

his name is pronounced brewer

[thatdudeonutube]

@o0KANINE0o nope, not so

[o0KANINE0o]

@thatdudeonutube yeah my mistake, my teacher says it like that so i assumed thats how its said

[guywolff]

The family traditional story was that Lajos was on the way somewhere (I think to the Bauhaus),when he had a bike tumble and when he got up,realized how strong the handle bars of his bike were.Giving him the idea to use it as the material for the chair.He was a wonderful man, a great chess player and my Uncle.Its such a perfect story I asked my aunt Connie a few months before her passing if it was really true. The best real stories are always to good to be true.It seems this one is !Yours Guy

[Thepinup1]

@guywolff so your uncle was not Marcel Lajos Breuer, or he was, 1902-1981, born in Pecs!!!

If you are a relative of his and actually know the man himself i would love to hear from you as he is a big part of my current uni project and im sure my history and theory lecturer would love to have you over for a talk on him

[guywolff]

@Thepinup1 Yes Lajos was my mother's sister's huband and I did grow up with him.. All the best , Guy

[ramblingreaser]

The Knoll version is NOT the only version to be authorized, there were several export companies that were authorized to build and export these chairs until Knoll became the exclusive distributor. Currently they are exclusive but a lot of collectors and dealers make the mistake of thinking that Knoll's are original so please stop perpetuating this myth! If you find an early Stendig chair, it is worth more money than a Knoll, and in fact the Wassily chair in the MoMa is a Stendig, not Knoll.

[brickgaragedesign]

Does Knoll use caps on the ends of the tubes now? What a shame... Back in the early days, metal caps on the ends of the tubes were a sign of a knock off. Originally the tubes were welded closed and then they would grind and polish them before plating. Now I wish I still had my originals!

[Microglia1]

@brickgaragedesign

Precisely, that is also how old school handlebars to racing bicycles were made too, not the plug ends you have now. While iconic, this chair was made for mass production so it's not that hard to replicate identically, and or even surpass the original with better attention to details as you mentioned.

[GrosvenorAudio]

@brickgaragedesign How come you have this knowledge about Knoll and the Wassily chair? I wonder since I checked your profile and you seem to be very young. Its not a complaint of course its great to see people from the younger generation have an interest in classical design. All the best to you..

[nwLohmann]

I have an original Breuer B35 Chair. The only thing that is not original are two screws. Is this a problem?