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Table
Artist / Origin: Philip Speakman Webb (British, 1831–1915)(designer)
Region: Europe
Date: ca. 1865
Period: 1800 CE – 1900 CE
Material: Oak
Medium: Other
Dimensions: H: 29 in. (73.7 cm.), W: 23 ½ in. (59.8 cm.), L: 65 in. (165 cm.)
Location: Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Credit: Courtesy of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London/Art Resource, NY
“Wassily” Chair
Artist / Origin: Marcel Breuer (American, born Hungary, 1902–81). Manufactured by Standard Möbel, Germany
Region: Europe
Date: 1927–28
Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE
Material: Chrome-plated tubular steel, canvas upholstery
Medium: Other
Dimensions: H: 28 ¼ in. (71.8 cm.); W: 30 ¾ in. (78.1 cm.); D: 28 in. (71.1 cm.)
Location: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Credit: Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art, Gift of Herbert Bayer/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY
Industrialization and the coming of the machine age provoked strong reactions in a number of artists and designers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. While some were critical of the changes taking place, others embraced them. The Arts and Crafts movement and the Bauhaus exemplify two such responses. In both cases, the issues raised by their adherents led to serious thinking about art and design and, ultimately, had a major impact on domestic architecture and furnishing, as well as interior decoration.