Year: 1929
Designer: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Materials: shiny, chrome-plated steel bar structure, checkered leather upholstery over foam padding, leather straps.
The “Barcelona” stools that owe their name at the 1929 Barcelona World Exposition, he marks the same X-shaped steel bar that forms the structure of the “Barcelona” armchair. The stool also requires hand finishing in accordance with the designer’s concept of creating furniture unsuited to mass production.
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