Knoll Barcelona Day Bed

£13,464.00

SKU: Barcelona Day Bed

Designed by Mies Van der Rohe
Manufactured by Knoll

Designed in 1930, the Barcelona Day Bed shares the same simple elegance as the iconic lounge chair of the same name. Sitting against a wall or in the centre of the room it oozes a classic, fashionable and luxurious personal.

Dimensions (H) 65 (W) 196 (D) 98 cm

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Description

FEATURES A signature KnollStudio design, produced to Mies’ original specifications. Exclusive manufacturing and sales rights were accorded to Knoll by the designer in 1953. The KnollStudio logo and the signature of Mies van der Rohe are stamped into the base of each day bed.

CONSTRUCTION Hardwood frame with protective, clear lacquer finish. The legs are constructed of tubular steel with polished stainless steel finish. 72 individual leather panels are cut, hand-welted and hand-tufted, and panels and buttons are crafted from a single hide.

FINISHES Available in a wide range of Spinneybeck leathers. This product is available with foam that meets requirements for BS5852.

Delivery information

Delivery

Made-to-order: 4-6 weeks.
Orders over £1000 free for Mainland UK.
Non-Mainland UK and International options available.
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Story

As a rising figure of the modernist movement, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was selected to design the Weimar Republic’s Pavilion for the Barcelona Industrial Exposition of 1929.
Through masterful proportioning and planning, Mies created a rhythmic and entirely unprecedented space, which elevated industrial-age materials to a level of grace never before achieved. Inside, Mies included chairs and stools conceived as a resting place for the King and Queen of Spain. Determined to create a chair worthy of royalty, Mies is thought to have based the designs, with their signature criss-cross frames, on the campaign chairs of Ancient Rome. Mies: “I feel that it must be possible to harmonise the old and new in our civilisation.”
Although the Barcelona Pavilion only stood for seven months, it is recognised as a defining achievement of modern architecture, as are the accompanying Barcelona Chairs (although the King and Queen reportedly never sat in them).
Mies, a close friend and mentor to Florence Knoll during her time at the Illinois Institute of Technology, formally granted Knoll the production rights to the Barcelona Chair and Stool in 1953. The designs immediately became a signature of the Knoll brand and have been built to Mies van der Rohe’s exacting standards ever since.

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