Pair of B34 chairs, Marcel Breuer, Germany, 1930s

Timeless icons of modernist design, the B34 chairs embody the radical elegance of the cantilevered form. Designed by Marcel Breuer, they combine the visual lightness of chromed tubular steel with the functional simplicity of black leather. The B34 model was conceived in the early 1930s, as part of Marcel Breuer's ongoing research into tubular steel furniture, which began in the late 1920s with designs such as the Wassily and Cesca armchairs. A major figure of the Bauhaus, Breuer revolutionized 20th-century furniture design by merging industrial innovation with refined modernity.