born Hungary, active Europe and USA, 1902−1981
Isokon chaise longue
Birch, bent and laminated; molded plywood
88 x 58 x 80 cm
Manufactured by Isokon Furniture Company, London, mid-1930s,
Gift of Andrew Cogan, New York, to American Friends of the Israel Museum
Accession number:
B97.1132
Arts/Design and Architecture
Jack Pritchard, owner of the progressive modern furniture company Isokon, was so impressed by the popularity of Alvar Aalto’s molded plywood chairs that he invited Marcel Breuer, upon his arrival in England in 1935, to design a similar range. Breuer’s designs for Isokon are all wooden translations of his earlier tubular metal designs.
Exhibitions:
The Design and Architecture Collection, Selected Works, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 25/07/2010 - 31/12/2010