Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer for Gavina set of 2

Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer for Gavina set of 2. Designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) Brand Gavina, Italy. Era 1920’s. Material chrome plating, black leather. Size 78 cm X 69, 5 cm X 72, 5 cm. Condition good original. Bibliographie Gilbert Frey “The Modern Chair 1850 to Today”, Verlag Arthur Niggli AG p. 48 & 49. Selected items – We change the way you think about forever. A design classic: the Wassily Chair by the Hungarian-American architect and designer Marcel Breuer (05/1902–07/1981), designed around 1925 and today matured into a design icon. The armchair offered here (set of 2) is an early Gavina edition. Gavina models, like the early versions from Knoll International, were identified only by a sticker. Modern models have the manufacturer’s mark integrated into the frame. Gavina also sometimes used a signature in the leather. This model bears the signature in the leather and retains the original Gavina sticker. Manufactured by Thonet in 1925, reissued by Gavina in 1964; after Knoll International acquired Gavina (1968), production has been carried out by Knoll International (to the present day). Awards. The Museum of Modern Art Award, 1968. Recognition as a “Work of Art, ” Germany, 1982. Condition report. Age-appropriate signs of wear on the frame and leather. One screw replaced (silver-colored). Leather cleaned and conditioned — soft and supple to the touch. A few fine white paint specks in places. The leather shows an authentic age patina.