Call +44 20 3322 8665 The piece, which is expertly cast from solid brass and polished to a lustrous sheen, takes on a unique human-like form. A gracefully curving arm forms its backrest while three heeled shoes become the chair’s feet. Bringing Salvador Dalí’s surrealist imaginings to life, the design replicates a chair from the artist’s 1935 painting “Femme à la Tête Rose.” Add a touch of drama to your dressing table with its presence or use it as an occasional seating option for your hallway for a bold yet elegant statement. £3.95 - Free on orders over £60 Once your item is ready, it will be dispatched using a next working day service. Need this product in a hurry? We might be able to help. The international delivery costs for this item will be calculated at check out. For items that require our white glove delivery service, we will manually calculate then email the most competitive delivery rate to you within 2 working days from receipt of your request.

For countries we ship to, Replica Eames Chair (interchangeable seats and legs) Replica Eames Armchair (interchangeable seats and legs) Replica Tolix Bar Stool Replica Tolix Cocktail Table Hanging Bubble - Replica Eero Aarnio Replica Miura Shark Bar Stool Replica Eames Wire Chair Café Bases & TopsThis article will give you an overview of the history of the Classic Barcelona Chair by Mies Van der Rohe and how and why it has become such a modern design classic, sought-after all over the world. You will also find pictures of the Pavilion by Mies in which the Famous Barcelona Chair thrones are situated. How does a simple lounge chair grow to be so famous? Why is it so hard to find this chair in furniture shops and where can I buy the Chair? The answers to these questions are all in this article so take a seat and read on. The Barcelona Chair story all started with a man called Ludwig Mies Van de Rohe way back in 1929. Mies, a man of German origin, was born in 1886 and became one of the leading modernist architects of his time.

Mies served for a short time in the 1930s as the director of the world-renowned school of design in Germany, the Bauhaus. Like many architects he understood the importance of using the correct furniture to complement the purpose of the building if there was to be harmony in design. Thus Mies's work in architecture effectively led him into furniture design. In 1929 Barcelona was host to the World Arts Fair, and the German government commissioned Mies to design the German Pavilion at Montjuïc as part of the exposition. With the Pavilion Mies succeeded in his vision of a modern building with a free spatial flow, built with glass, steel and four kinds of marble. However once he had created the building his mind turned to designing the furniture that would be used in it. Creating furniture may be a simple task compared to a whole building some might say, but not according to Mies: "The chair is a very difficult object. Everyone who has ever tried to make one knows that. There are endless possibilities and many problems - the chair has to be light, it has to be strong, it has to be comfortable.

It is almost easier to build a sky scraper than a chair." - Mies 1930 The Exposition was a world affair, an important event with the Spanish royals and several European government officials attending. Mies fully appreciated the significance of the occasion. He knew that what he designed had to be "an important chair, an elegant chair and costly. It had to be monumental. You couldn't just use a kitchen chair".- Mies 1929 Mies was right and indeed his chairs served as thrones for the King and Queen of Spain when they visited the Pavilion. wrought iron chairs for kitchenAt the time the Barcelona Chairs were the only furniture in the whole building.office chairs on sale at staples The German Pavilion was pulled down some 6 months after the Exposition, but it was re-built for posterity in 1983 on its original site at Montjuïc on Av. Marques de Comillas.best ergonomic chair for upper back pain

From this auspicious start the Barcelona Chairs soon became status symbols, icons of design similar to Breuers 'Wassily Chair'. These examples were all instant successes thanks to their fluidity and agelessness of design. The Barcelona Chair concept can be compared to the modern day I Mac in the computer World, they are both pieces of designer sculpture, without hiding their true function. The Barcelona Chair, naturally named because of its first use and rise to fame in Barcelona, has enjoyed steadily increasing sales and production worldwide. beach chairs uk foldingMies re-designed the original chair in 1950 in order to make use of stainless steel which had become available due to a recent advancement in technology.modern rocking chair legs Constructing the chair frame in stainless steel meant that the whole frame could now be made from one fluid piece of metal. dining chair covers spotlight

However Mies was meant to be a Bauhaus designer, someone who believed in functional furniture, that could be mass produced for workers (something that Ikea has become internationally successful for these days) and herein lies the contradiction as the Barcelona Chair is actually both expensive and difficult to mass produce. The fact that the Classic Barcelona Chair is difficult and expensive to produce accounts for the chair's price which can range from about $600.00 to over $3,000.used hospital chairs for sale However you are paying for an iconic and easily recognizable piece of furniture. baby high chair convertibleIn fact now you can also find footstools, sofa versions and the like, none of which have been designed by Mies, but follow the design rules of the Barcelona Chair, i.e. the same legs and quilted square style upholstery. dining room chairs ontario

These pieces of Barcelona furniture are most easily obtained by ordering online and are usually available in black or cream. For the Barcelona Chair to be produced exactly according to Mies' original specifications it has to have been produced by the German company Knoll Studio who were given the exclusive manufacturing rights by Mies in 1953. All the chairs have the Knoll Studio logo and the Mies signature stamped onto the frame so it is easy to tell the real thing from an imitation. Some of the furniture that Knoll sells, is subject to a small royalty fee paid to the MoMA for some of Mies's designs. Therefore buying from Knoll ensures that you are giving a little bit back to the art world. The Barcelona Chair is not readily available in shops due to the cost of its production, and because most people want made to order chairs so that they can choose the colour and leather they prefer. However here are a few shops that stock the chair in Barcelona. These stores also have similar pieces in the same collection, such as the foot stool or the sofa.