100 - STAM Mart (1899–1986) THONET (Published by)

STAM Mart (1899–1986) THONET (Published by) “B 33” model chair with a one-piece bent chrome-plated steel tube frame; the base forms a closed frame on the floor. Backrest consisting of a strip of red Eisengarn canvas stretched between the uprights; seat to match. Bears the manufacturer’s metal plaque. Circa 1930 H 84 cm – W 50 cm – D 68 cm - History: Development of Mart Stam’s 1926 cantilever chair design, long published under the name of Marcel Breuer. Following a ruling by German courts, Thonet began marketing it under the name Stam. - Bibliography: Jan van Geest and Otakar Máčel, *Stühle aus Stahl. Metallmöbel 1925–1940*, Cologne, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, 1980; model illustrated on p. 66, no. 12.