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Barcelona® Chair
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- Made for the German Pavilion at Barcelona's 1929 International Exposition.
- Produced according to the designer's original specifications.
- Icon of modernism and master craft.
- Brand
- Knoll®
- Collection
- Barcelona Collection
- General Dimensions
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- 30¼" H 29½" W 30" D
- Product Weight
- 47 lbs
- Assembly
- Comes fully assembled
- Warranty
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Barcelona Chair
- Height (in): 30¼
- Width (in): 29½
- Depth (in): 30
- Seat Height (in): 17
- Seat Width (in): 29½
- Seat Depth (in): 19⅝
- Weight (lbs): 47
- Bar-stock steel frame with hand-ground and hand-buffed chrome finish
- Spinneybeck Volo semi-aniline leather upholstery
- Leather, suede, or fabric upholstery
- Dacron-wrapped high-resiliency urethane foam and fiberfill cushions
- Cowhide belting
- Aluminum rivets
- Notification of Filling Contents
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. Equally significant, if smaller in scale, is Mies’ daring design of furniture, pieces that exhibit an unerring sense of proportion as well as minimalist forms and exquisitely refined details. In fact, his chairs have been called architecture in miniature.
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe believed “God is in the details.” The Barcelona Chair is proof. Designed for the German Pavilion at the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona – a room of travertine and onyx conceived by Mies and collaborator Lilly Reich – the chairs were the only seats in it. Its crisscross base echoes the ancient Roman curule seat, while 40 hand-cut leather panels were each tufted, welted, and sewn together by hand to Mies’ exacting specifications. Every chair Knoll makes today is held to the same standard, keeping it what it always was – a modern throne.