16/10/2026
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป.
Inspired by the lightweight tubular frame of his bicycle, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ reimagined the traditional armchair in 1925 while teaching at the Bauhaus in Dessau. Stripping away excess, he replaced heavy wood and upholstery with bent steel tubing and suspended fabric, creating what would become ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ.
A century later, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ remains ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐๐บ, celebrated in the collections of institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art and ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ.
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๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.
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National Bank of Antwerp
Leopoldplaats 8
2000 Antwerpen
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