DISCLAIMER OUR “IBIZA BENCH” IS A REPLICA OF A BENCH DESIGNED IN 1929 BY MIES VAN DER ROHE, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE "BARCELONA BENCH". KNOLL, INC. PRODUCES AND SELLS THE AUTHENTIC BARCELONA BENCH, WITH THE ENGRAVED SIGNATURE OF MIES VAN DER ROHE AND A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY, AT PRICES IN THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, MANY TIMES HIGHER THAN THE PRICE OF OUR “IBIZA BENCH”. OUR REPLICA OF THE BARCELONA BENCH IS INTENDED FOR CONSUMERS WHO WISH TO PURCHASE A REPRODUCTION OF A BENCH OF HISTORIC DESIGN AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE. REGENCYSHOP HAS NO AFFILIATION WITH KNOLL AND DOES NOT SELL, DISTRIBUTE OR OFFER FOR SALE ANY PRODUCT MADE OR OFFERED FOR SALE BY KNOLL. WHILE THE IBIZA BENCH HAS A SIMILAR DESIGN TO THE BARCELONA BENCH SOLD BY KNOLL, REGENCYSHOP CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THE IBIZA REPLICA CONFORMS TO THE EXACT SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BENCH DESIGNED BY MIES VAN DER ROHE AND SOLD BY KNOLL. VISITORS TO THIS SITE WHO WISH TO CONSIDER BUYING THE BARCELONA BENCH FROM KNOLL, SHOULD VISIT KNOLL’S WEBSITE AT KNOLL.COM The Ibiza bench is a high quality reproduction. The leather is hand selected, piped, tufted and individually sewn by expert leather craftsmen. A top notch reproduction of the classic design by Mies Van Der Rohe, our Bench features sleek minimalist styling, a perfect blend of art and function. Polished stainless steel legs add to the beauty of this modern classic design. | | FEATURES | | | - Genuine 100% leather
- Solid steel frame
- Premium cushion construction | | | | Dimensions: | | | | | | Color | | | | | | This item is not an original barcelona bench, nor is it manufactured by or affiliated with Knoll. About the original Mies van der Rohe Barcelona bench His work was strict, orderly and pristine. A master of the Bauhaus, Mies van der Rohe's architecture was the model others studied to attain the perfect proportions and dramatic simplicity that claimed his signature. Then he amazed his colleagues even further with his design for a Barcelona Bench, a scaled down version of his architecture, meant to occupy, augment and explain his design concept. Did he know how deeply his small version of a settee would influence the furniture industry? It did. Furniture companies picked up on his ideal and, in time, New York apartments became the sophisticated repositories of the sleek, fashionable, and unadorned furnishings we have come to think of as "Modern". Accessories were next to adopt the style, with crystal appearing in square columns as vases, and coffee tables that matched the streamlined sofas. Owning a replica of a Mies van der Rohe Barcelona bench is like owning a piece of architectural history. It represents the beginning of an age when van der Rohe led designers to see architecture in terms of pure geometry. His Barcelona house was a plain and simple rectangle, easily understood and adopted to a residential scale, and the furniture industry, under Mies' influence, followed suit. The motto, "Form follows function" was the mantra of the day, and the bench designed by Mies van der Rohe is the epitome of this dictum. The metal legs are straight, sturdy, and minimalist in true Mies fashion. An unadorned rectangular slab of wood sits atop the legs on the bench, and strapped to the wood is a tufted leather cushion. Replicas of these benches are offered by RegencyShop in white or black bench (the original was black and sat in Mies's living room). The white bench would be well placed in a bedroom; the black—appropriate in a study or foyer. Think how interesting one of them might be, used as a coffee table in front of a soft-as-butter black leather sofa, or perhaps at the end of a black pedestal bed. Although Mies van der Rohe led the Bauhaus seventy-some years ago, his influence is still felt today in homes, offices and restaurants that enjoy the ambience of a classic, chic modern style. Even as replicas, Mies would recognize the clean lines and rich materials of his bench that led to a revolution in furniture design and lasted through a century.
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