Van der Rohe: Barcelona Chair

Van der Rohe: Barcelona Chair

Since its rise to the throne of the Spanish royal couple it has got a lot of attention: the Barcelona Chair. It has been named in accordance with the city which made it umforgettable and was fabricated by the well-known architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on occasion of the World Exhibition in Spain in 1929. This amazing chair soon established itself as a famous piece of furniture – until today it has developed into a popular piece of seating furniture in the lounges of the most renowned companies and a status symbol in private houses in all contintents. Following the motto of van der Rohe “less is more” the chair will be proof of your excellent taste which is subdued but cannot be overlooked. Not many other pieces of furniture have reached such a high awareness level or comparable worldwide sales figures over such a long period of time.

Van der Rohe designed the original with a slightly curved frame made of hand-welded steel band which has been chromed afterwards. But twenty years later the architect has revised his design, when new technologies made the production of the frames in one piece possible. Today companies like BestofBauhaus.com are still producing the basic frames of the famous chair, made of chrome polished stainless steel. The production of the sophisticated button upholstery, consisting of individual squares of genuine aniline calfskin also corresponds with the original design of the famous architect.

Although many decades have gone by since its first big presentation, this amazing object still is a statement for contemporary design, without neglecting its original purpose of use: to be your comfortable chair.

Having become a real classic, which is still trendy, it can now also become a smart eye-catcher, as the Barcelona Chair still is one of the most exquisite pieces of modern design.