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The flat was located in a tall building designed by architect Berthold Lubetkin, and his firm Tecton, known as ‘Highpoint’.  Built-in and free-standing furniture was designed by Breuer to organize the space, including a pair of these chairs and a matching sofa.  They were made in Bristol from large, cut-out sheets of plywood for the frame and moulded plywood armrests. Their organic, curvilinear geometry represented a departure from the severe rectilinear geometry of Breuer’s earlier work on the Continent.  The cut-out elements were simple and relatively inexpensive to cut, also representing a departure from Breuer moulded plywood furniture. ","physicalDescription":"Armchair made of sycamore-veneered plywood (9 ply) with rectangular seat and back cushions.  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