The Bauhaus was a progressive German art and design school founded by the architect Walter Gropius that operated from 1919 to 1933. Authentic Bauhaus furniture — sofas, dining chairs, tables and more — and the school’s followers married industrial and natural materials in simple, geometric forms. The goal of the Bauhaus was to erase the distinction between art and craft while embracing the use of new technologies and materials.
ORIGINS OF BAUHAUS FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF BAUHAUS FURNITURE DESIGN
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The name Bauhaus is derived from the German verb bauen, “to build.” Under the school’s innovative curriculum, students were taught the fine arts, such as painting and sculpture, as well as practical skills like carpentry and metalworking.
The school moved from Weimar in 1925 to the city of Dessau, where it enjoyed its heyday under Gropius, then Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The period from 1932 to 1933 when it operated in Berlin under Mies was its final chapter. Despite its brief existence, the Bauhaus has had an enduring impact on art and design in the United States and elsewhere, and is regarded by many as the 20th century’s chief crucible of modernism.
The faculty roster at the Bauhaus reads like a who’s who of modernist creative genius — it included such artists as Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and László Moholy-Nagy along with architects and designers like Mies and Marcel Breuer, who became known for his muscular brutalist-style concrete buildings in the postwar years. In 1925, while he was head of the Bauhaus carpentry workshop, Breuer gave form to his signature innovation: the use of lightweight tubular-steel frames for chairs, side tables and sofas — a technique soon adopted by Mies and others. Breuer’s Cesca chair was the first-ever tubular steel frame chair with a caned seat to be mass produced, while the inspiration for his legendary Wassily chair, a timeless design and part of the collection crafted to furnish the Dessau school, was the bike he rode around campus.
Bauhaus design style reflects the tenets by which these creators worked: simplicity, clarity and function. They disdained superfluous ornament in favor of precise construction. Seating pieces such as side chairs, armchairs or club chairs for example, were made with tubular metal or molded plywood frames, and upholstery was made from leather or cane. Above all, designs in the Bauhaus style offer aesthetic flexibility. They can be the elements of a wholly spare, minimalist space, the quiet foundation of an environment in which color and pattern come from one’s own collection of art and artifacts.
Today, from textiles to typefaces, architecture, furniture and decorative objects for the home, Bauhaus creations continue to have an outsize influence on modern design.
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Art Deco plant stand and Umbrella 1930s Demeyere Belgium
By Jean-Philippe Demeyer
Located in Den Haag, NL
Real Art Deco plant stand and Umbrella stand .Manufactured by High end Company Demeyere Belgium. 1930s Great looking in your hallway . polished Nickel with Bakelite details .
Bakelite
Bauhaus Style Umbrella Stand in Crome Plated Brass 1960s
Located in Meer, VAN
Bauhaus Style Umbrella Stand in Crome Plated Brass, Europe, 1960s. A restrained and elegant Bauhaus inspired umbrella stand executed in tubular chrome. Europe, 1960s. The umbrella ...
Brass, Chrome
$1,334Sale Price|20% Off
lovely real leather PATCHWORK paper bin basket Auböck Style, Germany 1960s
By Bauhaus, Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Mathieu Matégot
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: waste bin paper bin basket Origin: Germany Age: 1960s This original vintage Auböck style waste bin paper bin basket was produced in the 1960s in Germany. It is made of na...
Leather
Aubock Style Rattan and Brass Bauhaus Waste Bin, Umbrella Stand, France, 1960s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Mathieu Matégot, Bauhaus
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: waste bin paper bin umbrella stand Origin: France Age: 1960s This original vintage Bauhaus style waste bin paper bin umbrella stand was produced in the 1960s in Fra...
Metal, Brass
Original Mid-Century Metal Brass Modernist Bauhaus Umbrella Stand Germany, 1950s
By Bauhaus, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Bauhaus umbrella stand Origin: Germany Age: 1950s This original vintage Bauhaus style umbrella stand was produced in the 1950s in Germany. The umbrel...
Metal, Aluminum, Iron
Original Bauhaus Umbrella Stand, Chrome-Plated Steel, Germany, 1950s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This elegant Bauhaus style umbrella stand comes from Germany from the mid-20th century. It is made of chrome steel and is in well-preserved condition. The chrome has been professiona...
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Umbrella Stand in Brought Iron, Brass, Aluminium, Bauhaus style, Germany, 1950s
Located in Rome, IT
This original vintage Bauhaus style umbrella stand was produced in the 1950s in Germany. The brass colored top elements is made of aluminium, the heavy metal base element is made of ...
Metal, Aluminum, Iron, Brass
Original Vintage 60‘S Umbrella Stand by Carl Aubock Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Carl Auböck vintage umbrella stand from brass and cast black lacquered iron Model # 4293 by Carl Auböck for Workshop Carl Auböck with beautiful patina. Stamped Auböck. Authentic piec...
Brass, Iron
Hollywood Regency Auböck Style Brass Bamboo Umbrella Stand, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Bauhaus, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Umbrella stand Hollywood Regency. Origin: Austria Age: 1950s This original vintage Hollywood Regency umbrella Stand was produced in the 1950s in Aust...
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
large Aubock Style Midcentury Rattan Bauhaus Magazine Holder, France, 1970s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Bauhaus, Mathieu Matégot
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: magazine holder stand element Origin: France Age: 1970s This original vintage Bauhaus style magazine holder stand was produced in the 1970s in France. It is made of natur...
Rattan
unique Bauhaus DeStijl Style cubic metal Magazine Holder, Netherlands 1970s
By Mathieu Matégot, Bauhaus, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: cubic magazine holder stand element Origin: Netherlands Age: 970s This original vintage Bauhaus DeStijl style magazine holder stand was produced in the 1970s in Netherlan...
Metal
unique Mategot Aubock Style brass and bamboo Magazine Holder, Austria 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Bauhaus, Mathieu Matégot
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: magazine holder stand element Origin: Austria Age: 1950s This original vintage Auböck style magazine holder stand was produced in the 1950s ...
Metal
Original looped Metal Brass Modernist Bauhaus Umbrella Stand Germany, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Bauhaus, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Bauhaus umbrella stand Origin: Germany Age: 1950s This original vintage Bauhaus style umbrella stand was produced in the 1950s in Germany. The umbrella holding elem...
Metal, Aluminum, Iron
Original Hollywood Regency Solid Brass Umbrella Stand, Italy, 1970s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Bauhaus, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Umbrella stand Hollywood Regency. Origin: Italy, sold to end customer in Germany. Age: 1970s This original vintage Hollywood Regency umbrella stand w...
Brass
Original Metal Copper Brutalist Hollywood Regency Umbrella Stand Germany, 1970s
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Bauhaus
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: hollywood regency umbrella stand Origin: Germany Age: 1970s Producer: marked with AWD, Germany This original vintage Hollywood regency style ...
Metal, Aluminum
Original Mid-Century Metal Brass Modernist Bauhaus Umbrella Stand Germany, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Bauhaus, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Bauhaus umbrella stand Origin: Germany Age: 1950s This original vintage Bauhaus style umbrella stand was produced in the 1950s in Germany. The umbrella holding elem...
Metal, Aluminum, Iron
Original Midcentury Metal Brass Umbrella Stand, Germany, 1950s
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Bauhaus
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Bauhaus umbrella stand Origin: Germany Age: 1950s This original vintage Bauhaus style umbrella Stand was produced in the 1950s in Germany. it is made...
Metal, Aluminum
Midcentury Metal Brass Hollywood Regency Umbrella Stand, Germany, 1950s, Nr. 3
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Bauhaus umbrella stand Origin: Germany Age: 1950s This original vintage Bauhaus style umbrella stand was produced in the 1950s in Germany. The brass colored top ele...
Metal, Aluminum, Iron
Rare Original Hollywood Regency Bauhaus Brass Umbrella Stand, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Bauhaus
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Umbrella stand Hollywood Regency Origin: Austria Age: 1950s This original vintage Hollywood Regency umbrella stand was produced in the 1950s in Austria. it is made ...
Metal, Brass
Original Mid-Century Metal Brass Modernist Bauhaus Umbrella Stand Germany, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Bauhaus, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Bauhaus umbrella stand Origin: Germany Age: 1950s This original vintage Bauhaus style umbrella stand was produced in the 1950s in Germany. The umbrella holding elem...
Iron, Aluminum, Metal
lovely real brown leather paper bin basket Auböck Style, Germany 1950s
By Mathieu Matégot, Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Bauhaus
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: waste bin paper bin basket Origin: Germany Age: 1950s This original vintage Auböck style waste bin paper bin basket was produced in the 1950s in Germany. It is made of na...
Leather
Large looped 60cm Midcentury Rattan Bauhaus Umbrella Stand, France, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Umbrella stand Origin: France Age: 1970s This original vintage Bauhaus style umbrella stand was produced in the 1970s in France. It is made of natural rattan with...
Rattan
unique Mategot Aubock Style brass and bamboo Magazine Holder, Austria 1950s
By Bauhaus, Mathieu Matégot, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: magazine holder stand element Origin: Austria Age: 1950s This original vintage Auböck style magazine holder stand was produced in the 1950s ...
Metal
Original Midcentury Metal Brass Umbrella Stand, Austria, 1950s
By Bauhaus, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Bauhaus umbrella stand Origin: Austria Age: 1950s This original vintage Bauhaus style umbrella stand was produced in the 1950s in Austria. It is made...
Metal, Brass
$1,381Sale Price|20% Off
Hollywood Regency Auböck Style Brass Bamboo Umbrella Stand, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Bauhaus, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Umbrella stand Hollywood Regency. Origin: Austria Age: 1950s This original vintage Hollywood Regency umbrella Stand was produced in the 1950s in Aust...
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
$1,145Sale Price|20% Off
Original Hollywood Regency Solid Brass Acryl Glass Umbrella Stand, Italy, 1970s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Bauhaus
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Umbrella stand Hollywood Regency. Origin: Italy Age: 1970s This original vintage Hollywood Regency umbrella stand was produced in the 1970s in Italy....
Brass
$1,210Sale Price|30% Off
Original Metal Copper and Rattan Hollywood Regency Umbrella Stand Germany, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Bauhaus
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Bauhaus copper umbrella stand Origin: Germany Age: 1950s Producer: Mussbach Metall, Germany This original vinta...
Metal, Aluminum
Original Minimalist Matégot Style Metal Pop Art Umbrella Stand, Germany, 1960s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Bauhaus
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Umbrella stand Origin: Germany Age: 1960s This original vintage umbrella stand was produced in the 1960s in Germany. It is made of solid metal with w...
Metal
Midcentury Brass Mategot Style Hollywood Regency Umbrella Stand, France, 1950s
By Karl Hagenauer, Mathieu Matégot, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Bauhaus umbrella stand Origin: France Age: 1950s This original vintage Bauhaus style umbrella stand was produced in the 1950s in France. The bottom d...
Metal, Brass
Bauhaus-Art Deco Era Umbrella Cane Stand
Located in Las Vegas, NV
1930's nickel/chrome plated tubular steel umbrella cane stand. All original condition. Very nice quality piece. Shows externally well.
Steel, Iron
Bauhaus Art Deco Vintage Red Silver Aluminum Umbrella Stand, 1930s, Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Bauhaus Art Deco era vintage umbrella stand, which was made of cast and polished aluminum. The base was newly lacquered in the originally red color, while the upper part consists of...
Metal, Aluminum
Original 48cm Swirl Metal Brass Modernist Bauhaus Umbrella Stand Germany, 1950s
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Bauhaus
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Bauhaus umbrella stand Origin: Germany Age: 1950s This original vintage Bauhaus style umbrella stand was produced in the 1950s in Germany. The umbrella holding elem...
Metal, Aluminum, Iron
large 62cm Midcentury Mategot Style Hollywood Regency Umbrella Stand France 1950
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Mathieu Matégot, Karl Hagenauer
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Bauhaus umbrella stand Origin: France Age: 1950s This original vintage Bauhaus style umbrella stand was produced in the 1950s in France. The bottom dipping base is ...
Metal, Brass
$2,147Sale Price|20% Off
Mategot Aubock Style White Metal Hole Pattern Magazine Holder, France, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Mathieu Matégot, Bauhaus
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: magazine holder stand element Origin: France Age: 1950s This original vintage Bauhaus style magazine holder stand was produced in the 1950s in France. It is made of...
Metal
Original Metal Copper Brutalist Hollywood Regency Umbrella Stand Germany, 1970s
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Bauhaus
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: hollywood regency umbrella stand Origin: Germany Age: 1970s Producer: marked with Wall, Germany This original vintage Hollywood regency style...
Copper
$715Sale Price|20% Off
Original Minimalist Matégot Style Metal Pop Art Umbrella Stand, Germany, 1960s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Bauhaus, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Umbrella stand Origin: Germany Age: 1960s This original vintage umbrella stand was produced in the 1960s in Germany. It is made of solid metal with w...
Metal
Midcentury Metal Brass Hollywood Regency Umbrella Stand, Germany, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Karl Hagenauer
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Bauhaus umbrella stand Origin: Germany Age: 1950s This original vintage Bauhaus style umbrella stand was produced in the 1950s in Germany. The bottom...
Metal, Brass
Early Modernist Umbrella Stand with Original Paint
Located in New York, NY
Early German modern handmade wood umbrella holder with clean, pure minimalist lines and a symmetrical grid patterned top, one can see how works li...