When it comes to fresh furniture works, possibly no other name obtain a deep sense of respect more than that of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Considered as one of the establisher of Modern Movement in the early 20th century, the German architect Mies van der Rohe designed some furnishings to set off the interiors of his structures. These designs by Mies van der Rohe are renowned for one the early patterns of modern furniture, as they were integrated with the modernist genre normaly found in modern architecture. One of these endless Mies van der Rohe styles is the Barcelona Chair.

Perhaps Mies van der Rohe’s most well-liked furniture works, the Barcelona Chair is a unfussy modernist chair consisting of a light steel edge and two square cushions which functions as the chair’s seat and backrest. The chair is pride and joy of the Barcelona furniture group, and was made by Mies van der Rohe for the German Pavilion presentation building in Barcelona, Spain in 1929. Mies van der Rohe was also said to have [team up|worked together} with German interior designer and longtime buddy Lilly Reich during the design procedure for the Barcelona Chair.

Mies van der Rohe was affectionate of mixing both the conventional and modern in his furnishings, and the Barcelona Chair was no exemption to this. The chair’s X-shaped frame is said to be stirred by the ancient Egyptian folding chair, and is built from bolted pieces of chrome-plated steel. Barcelona chairs built after the 1950s replaced the chrome-plated steel with stainless steel, which presented the framework a more appealing look. The cushions for now are roofed in either ivory-white pigskin or black leather and are joined to the frame all through a system of discreetly-placed press studs.

When the German Pavilion was revealed during the 1929 International Expo, reviewer called the Barcelona Chair “a design worthy of kings”. This, accidentally, was quite right as the chair’s price sum to nearly $6, 281, which is a majestic sum even to present standards. These days reproductions of the Barcelona Chair are readily obtainable some high-end pieces can still obtain about $2,000.