Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Chairs & Stools By Knoll Studio USA Circa 2014

Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Chairs & Stools By Knoll Studio USA Circa 2014

Magnificent set of original Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Chairs and Barcelona Stools by Knoll Studio USA circa 2014, this set offered in the finest black spinneyback leather and offered in near mint condition, all items are engraved with the Knoll studio logo and the Mies van der Rohe signature, this set cost in excess of £22,000 when purchased from new.

Provenance: From a high end private dental surgery in Harley Street, London, England.

Background: The Knoll Barcelona chair is a true icon of modernist furniture design designed by Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich, for the German Pavilion at the International Exposition of 1929, hosted by Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The chair was first used in Villa Tugendhat, a private residence, designed by Mies in Brno, the Barcelona Chair was actually used as a throne for King Alfonso XIII at the exhibition's opening ceremony. The handmade process involved in making it is time consuming, the upholsterer uses 40 Individual leather panels for the chair and 16 for the stool, the leather panels are cut, hand-welted and hand-tufted from a single cowhide. The Barcelona chair is often copied (a form of flattery in our opinion to the timelessness of the design) but never bettered, the Knoll original version is truly outstanding. Also comes with an Ottoman for extra comfort.