TECTA B40 Sled base chair

Iconic but yet as ethereal as if Marcel Breuer had made it by magic.‎ Nonetheless, the B40 chair was born out of a new design idea: Breuer simply rotated his Bauhaus stool by 90 degrees to create it.‎ The resulting B40 became the epitome of Bauhaus modernism, which revolted against heavy furniture and all that was bulky.‎ El Lissitzky said: “Only inventions will determine form creation.‎” These inventions lay firstly in using the elastic properties of steel and tube bending, and later in flattening the tube for greater resilience.‎ Two essential factors for the development of the cantilever chair based on a new spirit of the times: floating and flying.‎ The B40 therefore stands out for the details that transform its cubic shape into elegance.‎ A geometry that follows the body.‎ The backrest is slightly inclined to support the lower back, ending in an arch that makes the chair easy to transport.‎ Perhaps unnecessary in terms of design, the double struts on the front are aesthetically pleasing and provide added stability, creating a rhythmic accent, as if Breuer had been making crystalline music – and not a highly versatile chair.‎ Frame: nickel-plated tubular steel Seat and backrest: fabric Many other configurations of this product are available on request.‎ The Bauhaus Archive in Berlin only approves true-to-work and licensed reeditions of the original Bauhaus models.‎ These are marked with Oskar Schlemmer’s signet, which he designed for the Weimar State Bauhaus in 1922.‎ Even today, Tecta's Bauhaus models are based exactly on the proportions of the originals.‎