Important Design Session 1 
9 December 2007
Important Design Session 1 
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Marcel Breuer

furniture set for Bryn Mawr college, Philadelphia

Hungary/USA, 1938
birch 29 h × 50 w × 25 d in (74 × 127 × 63 cm)
estimate: $6,000–7,000
result: $11,400
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Desk measures: From his first American commission, the designs for Bryn Mawr College illustrate a continuation of the work Breuer had pursued in Europe, most notably with Isokon Furniture of England. Set includes desk, chair and wall-mounted shelving unit.
provenance: Bryn Mawr college, Philadelphia | Private collection
literature: Marcel Breuer: Furniture and Interiors, Wilk, ppg, 148-151 discuss the commission, fig. 155 illustrates these designs

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