One of his most popular and recognizable products is the barcelona chair which won a museum of modern art design award in 1977.
Mies van der rohe chair original.
Mies van der rohe designed this chair for his german pavilion at the barcelona exposition of 1929.
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.
Pair of cy mann flatbar chrome brno style chairs mies van der rohe knoll.
Mies van der rohe brno tubular style set of 4 dining chairs.
Barcelona chair item share this ludwig mies van der rohe 1929.
The designs immediately became a signature of the knoll brand and have been built to mies van der rohe s exacting standards ever since.
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.
Even though ludwig mies van der rohe said he aspired to be good rather than interesting this architect by trade has indeed garnered interest as one of the greats designers of mid century furniture design.
The chair was first used in villa tugendhat a private residence designed by mies in brno czech republic.
The cantilevered seat and the back of the original chairs were upholstered in white kid leather with welt and button details.
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.
Ludwig mies van der rohe ca.
Set of four mies van der rohe brno chairs w original upholstery by knoll int.
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.
The barcelona chair was also used in the villa tugendhat a world heritage site designed by mies van der rohe himself.
The pavilion was the site of the inaugural ceremony for the german exhibits at the exposition and the spanish king was.