Knoll International • Barcelona • armchair • 75 x 77 x 77 cm
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Knoll International • Barcelona armchair
As a rising figure of the modernist movement, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was chosen to design the pavilion of the Weimar Republic for the industrial exhibition in Barcelona in 1929. Through masterly proportioning and planning, Mies created a rhythmic and entirely novel space that raised industrial materials to a level of grace never achieved before. Inside, Mies designed chairs and stools intended as a resting place for the King and Queen of Spain. Determined to create a royal chair, Mies is believed to have based the designs, with their characteristic lattice frames, on the folding chairs of ancient Rome. In 1953 Mies formally granted Knoll the production rights for the Barcelona Chair and the stool. The designs immediately became a hallmark of the Knoll brand and have been manufactured to Mies van der Rohe's exacting standards ever since.
- Flat spring steel, high-gloss chrome-plated and mirror-polished by hand. The saddle leather straps are fixed with aluminium rivets.
- For cushion covers in Venezia leather or black leather the straps are dyed in the colour of the leather; for all other leather upholsteries the straps are covered in the respective leather. One armchair requires 17 saddle leather straps, one stool requires 7.
- Saddle leather straps: on the visible side the saddle leather straps are covered in the respective leather. The concealed side facing the back cushion is left in the natural colour.
- 40 individual leather rectangles for the armchair, 16 for the stool, are cut by hand and hand-sewn with piping from a single hide. The cushions are filled with foam of varying densities and polyester fleece for excellent seating comfort. The leather is of the highest quality. Seat and back cushions are joined by a removable pin, and in addition the seat cushion is secured to the frame with small leather straps.
Dimensions: length 75 cm x width 77 cm x height 77 cm
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