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Chair, Designed by Peter Behrens, 1902, Ebonized oak and woven rattan
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Chair · Germany

Chair

Designed by Peter Behrens · Germany · 1902

Peter Behrens designed this chair for a model dining room display at the Wertheim department store in Berlin in 1902. It was one of twelve architect-designed rooms installed in the prominent German store; these rooms helped disseminate modern design to consumers. Behrens repeated the pattern of geometric forms on the furniture, lighting, wallpaper, and carpet of the room.

— Art Institute of Chicago, catalogue text
Medium
Ebonized oak and woven rattan
Dimensions
99.1 × 45.8 × 46.4 cm (39 × 18 × 18 1/4 in.)
Accession
1993.157
Credit line
Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Manfred Steinfeld

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