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Dining chair: M.7-1979

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Designer: Poelzig, Hans

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Description

Dining chair with padded seat, part of a suite with M.5-1979, M.6-1979, M.8-1979, M.9-1979, M.10-1979, M.11-1979, M.12-1979, and M.13-1979. The suite originally comprised eight chairs, possibly twelve.

Notes

History note: Made for the home of Professor P.H. Brieger's parents in Breslau.

Legal notes

Given by Professor and Mrs. P. H. Brieger and family

Measurements and weight

Height: 89.4 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Breslau ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1979) by Brieger, Peter H., Prof Brieger, Barbara, Mrs

Dating

20th Century, Early
Production date: circa AD 1912

Note

Hans Poelzig was appointed Professor of Architecture in the School of Arts and Crafts at Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland) in 1900, and was its Director from 1903 to 1916. He was an influential member of The Deutscher Werkbund, an association of architects, designers and industrialists formed in 1907 to promote high standards of design and craftsmanship in the applied arts. His workshop-based teaching methods, an important influence on Walter Gropius at the Bauhaus, linked the principles of the English Arts and Crafts Movement with the nascent Modern Movement that emerged in Germany after the First World War.

Made for the home of Professor P. H. Brieger's parents in Breslau.

Components of the work

Seat Front Width 47 cm

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.7-1979
Primary reference Number: 98261
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 12 December 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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