Located in Weil am Rhein in Germany (near the Swiss border), the Vitra Design Museum is a privately funded museum that showcases the unique design collection of the Swiss furniture manufacturer Vitra. The Vitra Design Museum collection is one of the most important furniture design collections in the world. It contains around 7,000 pieces of furniture, more than a thousand lighting pieces, numerous archives and the inherited series of famous designers such as Charles & Ray Eames, Verner Panton and Alexander Girard. The Vitra Design Museum’s collection of miniatures, which started more than 20 years ago, is an illustration of the milestones in the history of design. This collection encompasses the entire history of industrial furniture from the 1800s to present day, creating a pathway through time leading to the creation of modern seating, from historicism and Art Nouveau to Bauhaus and New Objectivity, Radical Design and Postmodernism to present day. A magnificent collection of emblematic works is presented to you. These chairs that have taken their place in history all carry the memories of their times: Materials, shapes, colours… They reveal the often forgotten dreams of their time, the (sometimes utopian) aspirations of their designers, but above all to their vision of the world. The chairs are reproduced on a one-sixth scale and faithfully replicate the original historical model down to the smallest details in the design, material and colour shade. This precise detail is also applied to the wood grain, the reproduction of the screws and the meticulous methods of handcrafting. These miniatures are not only valuable collector’s items, but are also an educational tool for universities, design schools and architects. Rolf Fehlbaum, President of Vitra: “We can deduce and understand an era, its social order, its materials, its techniques and its taste by observing its chairs. I should point out that no other everyday object offers such diversity.’’ The Wassily or B3 armchair, designed in 1925 by Marcel Breuer at the Bauhaus, is now manufactured by Knoll in New York. An essential reference in the design of the modernist movement, it is the first chair made from steel tubes from the building industry. The complex and ingenious structure is combined with strips of leather that create flat surfaces for the seat, back and armrests. Breuer’s constructivist models have an incomparable aura. He succeeds, in an innovative and perfect manner, in combining function and aesthetics.

In detail:

Variation : B3 Wassily

Brand : Vitra

Designer : Marcel Breuer

Type : Miniature

Colour : Black – Metal

Material : Leather – Metal

Dimensions : L 12.5 x D 11.5 cm x H 12.5 cm

Weight : 1.1 lb

Characteristics : Miniatures Collection of the Vitra Design Museum: great classics from the history of modern furniture on a 1:6 scale – Copy of the historical originals down to the last detail – Model: B3 Wassily, date of creation 1925, designer: Marcel Breuer (1902 – 1981) – Presented in a valuable wooden gift box with a printed logo and brochure included

Country of Manufacture : Europe