Barcelona Chair

Title: Barcelona Chair
Description: The Barcelona Chair achieves the serenity of line and the refinement of proportions and materials characteristic of Mies van der Rohe's highly disciplined architecture. It is supported on each side by two chrome-plated, flat steel bars. Seen from the side, the single curve of the bar forming the chair's back and front legs crosses the S-curve of the bar forming the seat and back legs, making an intersection of the two. This simple shape derives from a long history of precedents, from ancient Egyptian folding stools to nineteenth-century neoclassical seating. The cantilevered seat and the back of the original chairs were upholstered in white kid leather with welt and button details.
Identifier: 552.1953
Creator: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Date: Designed 1929 (this example 1953)
Rights: © 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Source: MoMA Collection. Item: 552.1953