A chromed steel and leather 'Barcelona' chair, model MR 90

DESIGNED BY LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE IN 1929, MANUFACTURED BY BAMBERG METALLWERKSTÄTTEN BERLIN NEUKÖLN, CIRCA 1931

细节

A chromed steel and leather 'Barcelona' chair, model MR 90
Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1929, manufactured by Bamberg Metallwerkstätten Berlin Neuköln, circa 1931
Bent chromed flat steel in nine sections joined with chrome-headed screws, eight seat and seven back leather straps, upholstered with two buttoned leather removable cushions
29¾in. (75.5cm.) high; 29¾in. (75.5cm.) wide; 29¾in. (75.5cm.) deep

来源

Christie's Amsterdam, 26 October 1989, Lot 497
Private Collection.

出版

Ostergard (ed.), op. cit., Exh. Cat. No. 83, p. 292

展览

American Federation of Arts Travelling Exhibition, Bentwood and Metal Furniture 1850-1946, 1986-88

拍品专文

Cf: Die Form, Vol. IV, 1929, p. 426
See also: Gläser, pp. 46-49
Van Geest and Mácel, p. 97
Vegesack, 1986, p. 63
Vitra Design Museum, Exh. Cat. No. 90

Mies' design was originally created as part of his project for the German pavilion at the Barcelona World Fair in 1929. At this time the manufacturer was Berliner Metallgewerbe Joseph Mller Berlin.
In 1931 the technical manager of this company established his own firm, the Bamberg Metallwerkstätten, Berlin which took over production and furnished the Tugendhat Villa, Brnn, (see illustration). Each of these early productions employed standardised, chromed individual elements, (see Lots 59 & 76), but can be differentiated from the other in subtle changes to the inter-connection of half or lap-joints and to the number of leather straps used as secondary supports to the frame.