The Barcelona chair (model 250L) is an office chair to the design of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich interior designer.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Aachen, March 27, 1886 - Chicago, August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect and furniture designer that influenced the development of 20th century architecture. His designs are characterized by clear forms and extensive use of glass, steel and concrete.

He was born as Maria Ludwig Michael Mies and was a son of the mason Michael Mies and Amalie Rohe. Around 1921 he changed his surname, by putting the maiden name of his mother with the addition "of the" adding: "Mies van der Rohe".

In 1930, Mies van der Rohe became Director of the Bauhaus. This art and architecture school had a major impact on Western architecture. The Bauhaus was closed by the Nazis in 1933 and Mies van der Rohe fled to the United States where the modern classics like 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments in Chicago and the Seagram Building in New York would be designed.

The Barcelona Chair was designed for the German Pavilion at the World Expo 1929 in Barcelona. The Barcelona chair bears the clear imprint of the designer: honest, functional, elegant, without frills and his adage of "less is more" mindset. By making us of cross-shaped constructed, polished stainless steel legs, the design was inspired by an antique folding chair. At the World were two sets, both then in white goatskin. Nowadays various colours.

Frame: hard resilient flat steel with polished chrome finish, heavy harness leather webbing supported pillows.

Upholstery: separated cushions for seat and back in foam of different density; upholstered with piping and buttons in high quality leather, each leather surface is cut on a separate mold. However now a days some of the more cheaper versions are also available in premium synthetic leather.

Later, this luxurious chair radiating its place in various colors in office and bank buildings. The official production since 1948 under license from the American Knoll International. The Kortrijk De Coene company acquired in 1952 the license for the Benelux to the chair for Knoll to produce. The leather handbags manufacturer Delvaux is still making the handmade pillows. Because many hours of manual labor involved The original Barcelona chair with matching stool is prices at around $ 8,000. An engraved signature of Mies van der Rohe gives the stamp of authenticity.

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