Tubular Steel
Marcel Breuer made the first metal furniture from tubular steel in 1924, when he was studying at the Bauhaus. Four years later he designed the cantilevered chair Model No. B-32, made of a single length of tubing, wood, and cane—a design that is still popular. In 1927 examples of metal furniture by other designers were displayed at an important German exhibition. Thonet, the company known for its bentwood furniture in the nineteenth century, began to mass-produce tubular steel chairs in 1928.
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