Chair
Peter Behrens
1902
Medium
Ebonized oak and woven rattan
Dimensions
99.1 × 45.1 × 54.6 cm (39 × 17 3/4 × 21 1/2 in.)
Classification
chair
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
121781
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Peter Behrens designed this chair for a model dining room display at the Wertheim department store in Berlin in 1902. It was one of twelve architect-designed rooms installed in the prominent German store; these rooms helped disseminate modern design to consumers. Behrens repeated the pattern of geometric forms on the furniture, lighting, wallpaper, and carpet of the room.