Barcelona Chair And Ottoman
The barcelona chair is a chair designed by mies van der rohe and lilly reich citation needed for the german pavilion at the international exposition of 1929 hosted by barcelona catalonia spain.
Barcelona chair and ottoman. The chair took 10 days in shipment and arrived intact without any apparent damage. Barcelona chair item share this ludwig mies van der rohe 1929. In 1953 six years after reich s death mies ceded his rights and his name on the design to product knowing that his design patents were expired. Comfort design and aesthetics.
The chair was first used in villa tugendhat a private residence designed by mies in brno czech republic. Mies a close friend and mentor to florence knoll during her time at the illinois institute of technology formally granted knoll the production rights to the barcelona chair and stool in 1953. The footstool needed to be complimentary to the chair in three important areas. I ordered from this company after researching various barcelona chair vendors for nearly two months.
The designs immediately became a signature of the knoll brand and have been built to mies van der rohe s exacting standards ever since. Ludwig mies van der rohe s barcelona chair and stool 1929 originally created to furnish his german pavilion at the international exhibition in barcelona have come to epitomize modern design. Mies van der rohe designed the chair to serve as seating for the king and queen of spain while the stool was intended to accommodate their attendants. The pavilion chair was manufactured in the us and europe in limited production from the 1930s to the 1950s.
The barcelona ottoman is designed with the same philosophy in mind as the now famous chair. I requested leather samples from various vendors to help me make the the final decision this particularly company also sent me close up pictures of various parts of the chair and ottoman that i was concerned about such as the number of straps used overall craftmanship the polished steel frame.