Wassily Armchair

The Wassily Chair, also known as the Model B3 chair, was designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925-26 while he was the head of the carpentry workshop at the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany. Quite revolutionary at the time in its use of tubular steel, the chair was inspired by Breuer’s Adler bike. Despite popular belief, the chair was not designed for the abstract painter Wassily Kandinsky. Breuer made one of his earliest post-prototypes for Kandinsky which lead to the chair being named the “Wassily” chair by an Italian manufacturer in the 1960s.

The chair was originally made from nickel lead tubular steel but developments in technology have progressed and our version of Breuer’s Wassily chair is now made with a polished chrome-finished tubular steel frame. The trademark thick cowhide leather slings of the Wassily chairs epitomise style yet are comfortable to sit in, making the chair an excellent choice for any interior.