Marcel Breuer, desk and chair for Bryn Mawr College

Marcel Breuer
desk and chair for Bryn Mawr College

Hungary, 1938
birch
49.75 w × 24.5 d × 29 h in (126 × 62 × 74 cm)

Shortly after Marcel Breuer moved to the United States in the fall of 1937, he was commissioned by Bryn Mawr College to design furnishings for the rooms of the new Rhoads Residence Hall. The college wanted modern pieces for the interior of the Gothic building and Breuer's designs for a desk, chair, bookshelves, dresser and mirror were chosen to outfit the rooms.

Chair measures: 18.25 w x 19 d x 33 h inches. Stenciled marks to underside of chair: [Rhoads].

Provenance: Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania | Private Collection

Literature: Marcel Breuer: Furniture and Interiors, Wilk, ppg. 148-151 discuss the commission, fig. 155 illustrates designs
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