Knoll International Barcelona Relax armchair
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Knoll International Barcelona Relax armchair
The Barcelona Relax armchair from Knoll International is the more softly upholstered version of the Barcelona 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 the embodiment of modern architecture, for which Mies stood with 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 it in 1977.
The frame is made of flat spring steel, either high-gloss chrome-plated and hand-polished to a mirror finish, or lacquered in ultra-matt Onyx. 17 straps of saddle leather carry the cushions, fastened with aluminium rivets. With the Onyx frame, the straps are always black; with Venezia leather and black leather, they are dyed in the leather colour, and with all other leathers they are covered with the cover leather. For the cover, 40 leather rectangles are cut by hand and sewn with piping from a single hide. The "Knoll" logo is embossed into the frame. Seat and back cushions are connected by a removable pin, and the seat cushion is additionally secured to the frame with small leather straps.
Barcelona Relax differs from the classic Barcelona in its upholstery: the cushions are made of foam of varying density and are wrapped in polyester fleece, making the seat softer and comfortable for longer. The frame is also available additionally in ultra-matt Onyx. The leather is available in the Venezia special edition as well as in Volo, Andes and Velluto Pelle.
- Design: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1929
- Type: armchair, Relax upholstery
- Frame: high-gloss chrome-plated and hand-polished, or ultra-matt Onyx
- Straps: 17 saddle leather straps, always black with Onyx
- Upholstery: 40 leather panels, foam of varying density with polyester fleece
- Cover: leather special edition Venezia (6 colours), Andes (47 colours), Velluto Pelle (86 colours), Volo (56 colours) – 195 covers in total
Dimensions: W 75 x D 77 x H 77 cm · Seat height 43 cm
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