876/​1541

Marcel Breuer (b. 1902, d. 1981)

“BT3”. Rare “Isokon” dining table with moulded birch plywood top, legs with walnut veneer. Designed 1936. This example made 1937–1939 by Isokon Furniture Company, London. H. 71 cm. W. 69 cm. L. 137 cm.

Provenance: Acquired late 1930s by private collector, UK.

The first prototype precursory to the “Isokon” dining table was patented by Marcel Breuer in the summer of 1936. This table was made and carved from a single sheet of plywood, visually resembling the set of three nesting tables that he had already designed for Isokon the previous year. This construction in a dining table-sized table did, however, prove unstable. Breuer modified the design by making changes to the design of the legs which tended to bend inwards. The end result was the BT3 dining table offered at this sale. The moulded birch plywood top and walnut veneered legs are separate units, the legs reinforced by a vertical fin, creating a 90-degree angle and giving the legs a T-shape.

Condition

Condition report on request.

Auction

Design: Evening sale, 6 December 2017

Category
Estimate

40,000 DKK

Price realised

Not sold