Designer: Poelzig, Hans
Dining chair with padded seat, part of a suite with M.5-1979, M.6-1979, M.7-1979, M.9-1979, M.10-1979, M.11-1979, M.12-1979, and M.13-1979. The suite originally comprised eight chairs, possibly twelve.
History note: Made for Professor P. H. Brieger's parents in Breslau.
Given by Professor and Mrs. P. H. Brieger and family
Height: 89.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1979) by Brieger, Peter H., Prof Brieger, Barbara, Mrs
20th Century, Early
Production date:
circa
AD 1912
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.
Seat Front Width 47 cm
Accession number: M.8-1979
Primary reference Number: 98262
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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