New acquisitions. I’ve been a fan of the work of Marcel Breuer for many years now, going back to my first postdoc in the early 90s, at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. There, I lived (over three years) in some lovely 1957 apartments designed by him, with furniture of his design in them too. (It’s a bit different now, I understand.) The Wassily (or, Model B3) chair is one of my favourites of his, and two days ago, when I got an email from a friend I’d not heard from in a while that she was getting rid of a leather-finished pair of them, I went to see them as soon as I could (especially when I heard of their colour, which I’d decided would match my floors rather well). I came back from the visit with (after some negotiations and handing over of payment) the pair and set them up.
Yes, they are just as wonderful as I recall (and this set is particularly well made – very good reproductions), beautiful, very comfortable, and a good fit for my living room… and there’s a little tinge of nostalgia in there too, reminding me of my first years in America, the thrill, inspiration, and challenge of being at the IAS, the architect community of friends I used to hang out with, and the many parties I hosted in the first of my apartments (to which the architects would come… for the food, the wine, the company, because there was not a lot else to do in Princeton back then, and of course, to hang out in the Breuer pad…)
-cvj
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Those are beautiful; I’d like to see them from more than one angle.
Great looking acquisition!
Nice! And thanks for not conforming to the stereotype of scientists not caring (or downright looking down on) aesthetics, art and design.