MB Lounge Chair

Overview

The MB Lounge Chair is Marcel Breuer's tubular steel lounge chair, dated 1929 on Knoll's design-plan page, product sheet and shop and 1928 in its April 2026 price list. A seemingly continuous, free-floating chrome frame carries one upholstered foam cushion for seat and back, with armrests of natural oak.

Construction

• Frame of seamless tubular steel in a polished chrome finish
• Upholstered foam cushion held by horizontal metal springs, which give the back slight movement
• Natural oak armrests with a clear lacquer finish
• Four plastic glides snap into pre-drilled holes in the base

Specifications

• W 24.78" × D 32" × H 33.8" (629 × 813 × 859 mm); seat height 17"
• Upholstery in KnollTextiles fabrics or leather; the shop lists 7 ranges in 49 colours

A counterpart to the Wassily

Knoll sets the MB Lounge against the Wassily Chair, one of Breuer's best-known Bauhaus designs. In contrast, the MB Lounge has a seemingly continuous, free-floating frame that, in Knoll's words, reflects tensile strength and straightforward elegance together. The cushion rests on horizontal metal springs, and Knoll says they give the back slight movement.

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Breuer at the Bauhaus

Knoll's product sheet says Breuer used the technological advances of his day in the service of better living. He studied at the Bauhaus and later became a master carpenter there in the early 1920s, and his tubular steel furniture was inspired by bicycle construction.