TECTA D51-2 Upholstered ash bench

D51-2 is a 2-seater solid ash bench upholstered in fabric from the D51 series, designed by Walter Gropius.‎ Gropius’ D51 chair from 1922/23, with its backward-jutting armrests and straight back, looks pretty austere.‎ “Straighten up,” it seems to whisper to the sitter.‎ Its four wooden legs are arranged at an offset.‎ The rear legs support the backrest, the front legs sweep freely into the room together with the protruding armrests.‎ This is a small piece of architecture created by Walter Gropius, linear and constructive.‎ The chair and the D51-2 and D51-3 furniture series it gave rise to are a perfect match for the minimal architecture of the Fagus factory with its typical unsupported corner.‎ This factory was a cradle of modernism.‎ Frame: solid ash, black or white lacquered Seat and backrest: flat cushion 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.‎