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DISCLAIMER OUR IBIZA CHAIR IS A REPLICA OF A CHAIR DESIGNED IN 1929 BY MIES VAN DER ROHE, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE BARCELONA CHAIR. KNOLL, INC. PRODUCES AND SELLS THE AUTHENTIC BARCELONA CHAIR, 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 CHAIR. OUR REPLICA OF THE BARCELONA CHAIR IS INTENDED FOR CONSUMERS WHO WISH TO PURCHASE A REPRODUCTION OF A CHAIR 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 CHAIR HAS A SIMILAR DESIGN TO THE BARCELONA CHAIR SOLD BY KNOLL, REGENCYSHOP CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THE IBIZA REPLICA CONFORMS TO THE EXACT SPECIFICATIONS OF THE CHAIR DESIGNED BY MIES VAN DER ROHE AND SOLD BY KNOLL. VISITORS TO THIS SITE WHO WISH TO CONSIDER BUYING THE BARCELONA CHAIR FROM KNOLL, SHOULD VISIT KNOLL'S WEBSITE AT KNOLL.COM Meticulously handcrafted with fine leather & leather match for the back and sides. Constructed using individual leather panels, each piece cut and hand-sewn. The frame is made from ONE-PIECE solid stainless steel, not cheap metal or aluminum like other inferior replicas. |
| FEATURES | | | - Genuine 100% Cowhide Leather seating area
- One-Piece Stainless Steel frame
- Meets architectural specifications of the original design. | | | | Dimensions: | | Chair | Ottoman | | Height: 30" | - | Width: 32" | Width: 24" | | Depth: 31" | Depth: 26" | | Seat Height: 18.5" | Seat Height: 18.5" | | | | | Color Options: | | | | | |
This item is not an original Barcelona chair, nor is it manufactured by or affiliated with Knoll.
About the original Mies van der Rohe Barcelona chair
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 chair, 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 chair 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 chair 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 chair, and strapped to the wood is a tufted leather cushion. Replicas of these chairs are offered by RegencyShop in white or black chair (the original was black and sat in Mies's living room). The white chair 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 chair that led to a revolution in furniture design and lasted through a century.
