Mies Van Der Rohe Barcelona Chair

The barcelona chair was also used in the villa tugendhat a world heritage site designed by mies van der rohe himself.

Mies van der rohe barcelona chair. Shop browse hi furniture including the barcelona chair barcelona table brno chair and mr collection. The spanish king alfonso xiii was expected to attend the opening of the world s fair and as mies later stated. One of the most recognized objects of the last century and an icon of the modern movement the barcelona chair exudes a simple elegance that epitomizes mies van der rohe s most famous maxim less is more. His brno chair mr50 one of his earliest steel furniture designs was even featured in the bbc series around the world in 80 treasures as one of the 80 man made treasures.

The chair was first used in villa tugendhat a private residence designed by mies in brno czech republic. 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. The barcelona chair originally designed by ludwig mies van der rohe in the mid 19th century is the influence behind our state of the art replica. The barcelona chair was designed for the german pavilion germany s exhibition for the barcelona world fair of 1929 the design resulted from collaboration between the famous bauhaus architect ludwig mies van der rohe and his longtime partner and companion architect and designer lilly reich whose contributions have only.

Ludwig mies van der rohe the modern city with its towers of glass and steel can be at least in part attributed to the influence of architect ludwig mies van der rohe. Barcelona chair item share this ludwig mies van der rohe 1929. We love the minimalist forms and exquisitely refined details of this iconic chair and tried to pay homage to the designer by achieving an extraordinary level of visual harmony using high quality materials. To such an extent in fact that the barcelona chair is still manufactured and marketed today.

This is a high quality chair inspired by the iconic chair originally created for the pavilion of german representation at the 1929 universal exhibition in barcelona spain. Barcelona chair of ludwig mies van der rohe. For the german pavilion at the 1929 international exposition in barcelona german american architect and furniture maker ludwig mies van der rohe 1886 1969 in collaboration with his romantic partner designer lilly reich 1885 1947 created a chair fit for royalty. Our exhibition chair was inspired by the mies van der rohe lounge chair known the world over as the barcelona chair shown here with espresso brown leather our frame is constructed from premium grade solid bar stock.