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"MR" Armchair, 1927.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (American, born Germany, 1886–1969).
Chrome-plated steel, painted caning.
Purchase, Theodore R. Gamble Jr. Gift, in honor of his mother, Mrs. Theodore Robert Gamble, 1980 (1980.351).
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A Century of Design, Part II: 1925–1950
May 9, 2000–October 29, 2000
Modern Design and Architecture Gallery, Lila Acheson Wallace Wing, 1st floor
This is the second in a four-part series of exhibitions surveying design in the 20th century through the presentation of significant objects in all media by major European modernist designers, drawn from the Museum's collection. While the luxurious and sensual aesthetic of Art Deco reigned in France during the late 1920s and 1930s, avant-garde German design of the same period presented an ethical and polemical antithesis. Bauhaus designers such as Marianne Brandt, Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Wilhelm Wagenfeld explored the possibilities of functionalism, mass production, and industrial materials. Though enormously influential, the severity of their uncompromising work was soon challenged by the softer lines and natural materials of Scandinavian design from the 1930s by such designers as Alvar Aalto and Bruno Mathsson.
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