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Barcelona Chair Relax Knoll International
Dimensions in cm:
W 75
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D 77
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H 77
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For even more royal comfort: Barcelona RELAX armchair by Knoll
The Barcelona armchair, designed in 1929, is one of the most famous design objects of the last century and an icon of the modern movement. The handcrafted furniture convinces with high-quality materials and appears particularly valuable due to the wonderfully soft leather surface. It doesn't get any better than this? You bet it does!
For a while now, Knoll International has also been offering the Barcelona armchair in the RELAX version: Even cosier and softer than the classic version and thus perfect for the home or lounge area.
Designer Van der Rohe's mastery of line and material in all media, from architecture to furniture, makes the armchair an unparalleled designer piece - and, as intended at the time, worthy of a king (or queen)! The Barcelona RELAX armchair represents perfect design combined with excellent craftsmanship, making a strong visual statement.
Once upon a time in Barcelona..
Among the classics of the Knoll International collections, the Barcelona series is steeped in history. An emerging figure in the modernist movement, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was chosen to design the pavilion of the Weimar Republic for the 1929 Barcelona Industrial Exhibition.
Through masterful proportioning and planning, Mies created a rhythmic and completely unprecedented space that elevated the materials of the industrial age to a level of grace never before achieved. Inside, Mies placed chairs and stools intended as resting places for the King and Queen of Spain. He is said to have modelled the designs on the campaign chairs of ancient Rome.
The Barcelona Pavilion is considered one of the most important achievements of modern architecture, as are the accompanying Barcelona Chairs. Since the formal granting of production rights for the Barcelona Chair and Stool in 1953, the designs immediately became Knoll's trademark and have been built to Mies van der Rohe's exacting standards ever since.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, born in Germany in 1886, began his career in his father's stonemasonry business. After an apprenticeship with the furniture designer Bruno Paul in Berlin, he joined the office of the architect Peter Behrens, whose work anticipated modernism. in 1912, Mies founded his own office in Berlin, later becoming a member of the Deutscher Werkbund and director of the Bauhaus.
"I feel that it must be possible to harmonise the old and the new in our civilisation." - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
in 1938 he emigrated to the United States and settled in Chicago. His buildings include the German Pavilion for the 1929 World's Fair in Barcelona, the Villa Tugendhat in Brno, Czechoslovakia, the Seagram Building, which he designed with Philip Johnson, a collection of residential towers along Lakeshore Drive in Chicago, and the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he was director of architecture. He was also considered a close friend and mentor of Florence Knoll during her time at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Knoll International - The belief in modern design
in 1938, Knoll International was founded by Hans and Florence Knoll, who drew on the creative genius of the Bauhaus School and the Cranbrook Academy of Art to create new types of furniture and environments for the workplace. Their approach was to combine craftsmanship with technology through the use of design. Florence Knoll also developed the idea of the modern office and pioneered interior design.
Knoll is internationally recognised for creating workplace and home furniture that inspires, evolves and endures. With its thoughtful, inventive products, Knoll caters to individual work styles and endures for multiple generations. Knoll's commitment to modern, sustainable design and understanding of the workplace results in a unique portfolio. Here, the latest collections line up alongside modern classics and iconic products.
For more than 80 years, Knoll has remained true to the Bauhaus design philosophy that modern furniture should complement architectural space, not compete with it. That is why Knoll uses modern design to connect people with their work, their lives, their world. The essence of it all: modern living and working with a contemporary approach without losing the connection to the past.
Material and format
The frame of the Barcelona RELAX armchair is made of high-gloss chrome-plated flat spring steel, mirror-polished by hand. The cowhide leather straps are fixed with aluminium rivets. For the cushion covers in Venezia leather or black leather, the straps are dyed in the colour of the leather; for all other leather upholstery, the straps are covered with the respective leather.
For the upholstery, 40 individual leather rectangles are cut by hand and sewn with piping from a single hide. The cushions are fitted with fire retardant foam in varying densities and polyester fleece for excellent seating comfort.
The leather is of the highest quality. The seat and back cushions are connected by a removable pin and furthermore the seat cushion is fixed to the frame by small leather straps for safety.
The Barcelona RELAX armchair is 75 cm wide, 77 cm deep and 77 cm high and has a seat height of 43 cm.
You can order the armchair in three different leather qualities as well as different colour variations. You can't find the cover you want? We will be happy to provide you with a non-binding offer on request!
Venezia leather: smooth full leather
Velluto leather: smooth, slightly refined aniline-dyed leather
LeatherVolo: slightly corrected aniline leather with special retannage
Special featurethe KnollStudio logo and Mies van der Rohe's signature are embossed into the base of each chair.
| Product number: | KNOLL INT 250 LCR |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Knoll International |
| designed in | 1929 |
| Designer | Mies van der Rohe |
| Shipping method | Forwarding agent |
| Material | Venezia leather |
| Width (cm) | 75 |
| Depth (cm) | 77 |
| Height (cm) | 77 |
| Seating height (cm) | 43 |
