Barcelona Chair

Description:

One of two wide "Barcelona" lounge chairs comprised of two brown leather upholstered cushions set on a slender X-shaped chrome-steel frame. See also 1987.3068.0016

Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for his 1929 German Pavilion at the International Exhibition in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Date Made: 1940-1960

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1987.3068.0017Catalog Number: 1987.3068.0017Accession Number: 1987.3068

Object Name: chair, easy

Physical Description: leather (overall material)steel (frame material)Measurements: overall: 30 in x 29 3/4 in x 29 7/8 in; 76.2 cm x 75.565 cm x 75.8825 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-bbc7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1890317

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