Knoll International Barcelona Relax Stools
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Knoll International Barcelona Relax Stools
The Barcelona Relax Stool from Knoll International is the counterpart to the Barcelona Relax Armchair. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the Barcelona furniture in 1929 for the German Pavilion at the World's Fair in Barcelona. The crossed frame and the tailored grid of leather cushions became emblematic of the modern architecture for which Mies stood, guided by his principle "less is more". He taught at the Bauhaus and at the Illinois Institute of Technology and was a mentor to Florence Knoll; in 1953 he transferred the production rights for the Barcelona collection to Knoll. The Museum of Modern Art in New York honoured the collection in 1977.
The frame is made of flat spring steel, either chrome-plated to a high gloss and hand-polished to a mirror finish, or lacquered in ultra-matt Onyx. 7 straps of saddle leather support the cushions, fastened with aluminium rivets. On the Onyx frame the straps are always black; with Venezia leather and black leather they are dyed to match the leather colour, and with all other leathers they are covered with the cover leather. For the cover, 16 leather rectangles are hand-cut and sewn with piping from a single hide. The "Knoll" logo is embossed into the frame.
Barcelona Relax differs from the classic Barcelona in its upholstery: the cushions are made of foam of varying densities and wrapped in polyester fleece, giving a softer seat that stays comfortable for longer. The frame is also available in ultra-matt Onyx. At 39 cm high, the stool serves as a footrest in front of the Relax Armchair; matching leather is available in Venezia, Volo, Andes and Velluto Pelle.
- Design: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1929
- Type: Stool, Relax upholstery
- Frame: high-gloss chrome-plated and hand-polished, or ultra-matt Onyx
- Straps: 7 saddle leather straps, always black on Onyx
- Cushion: 16 leather panels
- Cover: leather special edition Venezia (6 colours), Andes (47 colours), Velluto Pelle (86 colours), Volo (56 colours) – 195 covers in total
- Dimensions: W 59 x D 59.5 x H 39 cm
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