Marcel Breuer

Marcel Breuer , 'ti 1a' wooden-slat chair, 1924, H. 95.2 x 56 x 57.7 cm; Laths: 2.5 x 6 cm. Made at Bauhaus Weimar, 1924/25. Cherry wood laths, fabric with linen lining. , Droste/Ludewig, Marcel Breuer Design, Cologne 1992, p. 6-8, p. 35, p. 46/47; Bauhaus-Archiv Museum fuer Gestaltung Sammlungs-Katalog, Berlin 1987, p. 90/91; Neue Arbeiten der Bauhauswerkstaetten, Reprint 1981, p. 28/29.
Condition Report: According to the Thuringia state archive there were 26 examples verified.
Provenance: Family property since the 1920s. The grandfather of the consignor was an architect and a Bauhaus enthusiast.
Fabric replaced.
A historical photograph shows the family's two slat chairs in the garden of the family estate.