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	Barcelona Chair Guide
		The Barcelona Chair concept can be compared to the modern day I Mac in the computer World, they are both pieces of designer sculpture, without hiding their true function.
		The Barcelona Chair is not readily available in shops due to the cost of its production, and because most people want made to order chairs so that they can choose the colour and leather they prefer.
		Both the Barcelona Chair and the Pavilion are now very much part of Barcelona´s rich culture and are deserving of a look.
	www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com /shopping/barcelona-chair.html (1317 words)

	Michael Kroeger -- Breuer, Barcelona, Eames, Saarinen Chair Lecture
		The chair had to be important, it had to seem elegant and costly, it had to be monumental.
		The chair's ingenious visual design operates as pure sculpture, and it is widely used in lobbies, along with a couple of rubber plants, to fill an otherwise barren space effectively.
		Saarinen set out to make the chair "all one thing again," bolstered by the knowledge that "all great furniture of the past has always been a structural total." Therefore, between architectural commitments, he tried to design a shell chair that would eliminate the ugly clutter of legs in the home.
	www.mkgraphic.com /chairlecture.html (2691 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		The Barcelona Chair, so named because it was exclusively designed for the German Pavilion at the Barcelona World Fair of 1929, was a design collaboration between the famous Bauhaus architect Mies van der Rohe and his long time partner and companion, the brilliant architect and designer, Lilly Reich.
		Far more than any other piece of modern furniture, the Pavilion or Barcelona Chair, inspired by its predecessors, the campaign and folding chairs of the Pharaohs and the Romans, has proved to be the primary, enduring icon of the "modern classical" style.
		The ten postwar years preceding the Barcelona Exhibition were extremely challenging for all governments as they struggled to house, feed, retrain and educate the unsettled traumatized masses in order to facilitate and escalate European and international trade and bring stability to their countries.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Barcelona_chair (1364 words)

	Inspired Mies Van Der Rohe Barcelona Lounge Chair + Stool, 1929 - Lounge Chairs - Modern Classic Products
		The eponymous Barcelona Chair made from a single piece welded frame finished in polished chromium plate steel hand-buffed to a mirror finish.
		Based on the scissors-shaped chair that symbolised power in the ancient world, the pavilion chair was designed by Mies van der Rohe for the 1929 international exhibition in Barcelona.
		The leather comes from the tannery in Italy that Knoll use for their Barcelona chairs and is full grain aniline leather with protective finish, CAT.A, Aniline leather recommended.
	www.designicons.co.uk /modern_classics/barcelona_chair.htm (651 words)

	Chairs: Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Chair @ classicsdomain.com
		This is an authentic reproduction of the popular Mies van der Rohe Pavilion Chair introduced and made famous during the 1929 International Exhibition in Barcelona, Spain.
		These chairs are exquisitely and meticulously manufactured with genuine top grain, 100% aniline dyed leather and the highest quality hand polished #304 stainless steel frames.
		These are first quality Pavilion Chairs produced to the original design specifications at an exceptional quality and offered at a very affordable price.
	www.classicsdomain.com /item--Mies-van-der-Rohe-Barcelona-Chair--barcelona_chair.html (249 words)

	Exposition Lounge Chair - Barcelona Style by Mies van der RoheModern Furniture Classics
		The Barcelona chair, designed for the Pavilion is said to have been inspired by both the folding chairs of the Pharohas and the X shaped footstools of the Romans.
		Indeed the Barcelona chairs became thrones when the Spanish Royals visited the German Pavilion and sat in them for a time, (they were the only chairs in the whole building).
		The Barcelona sofas, benches, coffee and side table were not designed by Mies, but true to his design, they use the same legs, and the seats use the same quilted and piped leather upholstery.
	www.modernfurnitureclassics.com /index.php/main_page/index/cPath/10 (1006 words)

	The Barcelona Chair: A Design Worthy of Kings
		The chair he designed for the Pavilion is said to have been inspired by both the folding chairs of the Pharaohs and the X-shaped footstools of the Romans.
		The rest of the Barcelona range was not designed by Mies, but true to his design, the designers used the same style legs, and the same type of quilted and piped leather upholstery.
		Although the original rights of reproduction were purchased by Knoll, reproductions of the Barcelona chair are today manufactured by a vast and diverse group of manufacturers, each varying considerably in their price, quality and even specifics of the design.
	www.dezignare.com /newsletter/BarcelonaChair.html (789 words)

	van der Rohe, Mies Barcelona Chair - Polished Stainless for Knoll
		Perhaps one of the best-known chairs from the 20th century, the Barcelona Chair was specifically designed by Mies as part of a collection for the Barcelona Pavillion in 1929.
		The Barcelona Chair features a single piece construction stainless steel frame which hand-ground and hand-buffed to a mirror finish.
		With the various Spinneybeck leather upholstery choices, all pieces to create the chair are from a single cowhide and each is hand-welted and hand-tufted.
	www.retromodern.com /item_detail.asp?3439. (173 words)

	Gaudí Chair. Gaudi & Barcelona Club.
		The teacher and professor of history of architecture Josep Francesc Ráfols i Fontanals († 1.965), the first biographer of Gaudí in 1.929, was appointed the director of the Chair by the Staff of the School of Architecture.
		Somewhat before, in 1.950, the University of Barcelona purchased an important amount of terrain destined for the creation of the future University City, among them there are the entrance pavilions to the Finca Güell (a former property of Mr.
		The Chair, with its heading director and the joint professors, and also the scholarship holders, develop a frantic activity (inexplicably little known, and recognised, in Catalonia and in Spain).
	www.gaudiclub.com /ingles/i_equipo/historia.asp (1437 words)

	Design Within Reach - Barcelona Chair - Volo Leather
		Mies van der Rohe designed the chair to serve as seating for the king and queen of Spain, while the stool was intended to accommodate their attendants.
		The Barcelona Chair was honored with the Museum of Modern Art Award in 1977.
		The Barcelona Chair is a registered trademark of Knoll, Inc., manufactured by Knoll according to the original and exacting specifications of the designer.
	www.dwr.com /productdetail.cfm?id=7200 (242 words)

	Buy Barcelona from PID.Se Of the type White. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mies was right and indeed his chairs served as thrones for the King and Queen of Spain when they visited the Pavilion.
		At the time the Barcelona Chairs were the only furniture in the whole building.
		Constructing the Chair frame in stainless steel meant that the whole frame could now be made from one fluid piece of metal.
	www.pid.se /en/furniture/seating/barcelona_1255.html (512 words)

	Iconic Interiors \| The Barcelona Chair by Mies Van Der Rohe
		With so many different Barcelona chair options available, even to the more humble budget, understanding what offers great value versus poor quality, cheap looking alternatives can be extremely confusing.
		Barcelona chairs are not all the same, we know how disappointing it is to make a purchase only to realise that it is not going to provide you with the years of pleasure and use that you expected.
		Inferior Barcelona chairs are sometimes chromed rather than polished, chrome finish looks cheaper than polished steel and has a tendency to chip, flake and mark.
	www.blue-egg.co.uk /barcelonachair.html (1122 words)

	Iconic Interiors \| The Barcelona Chair by Mies Van Der Rohe
		The Barcelona Chair was designed by Mies van der Rohe to seat the Spanish king and queen at the World Art Fair Exposition in Spain in 1929...
		The Barcelona Chair was designed by Mies van der Rohe to seat the Spanish king and queen at the World Art Fair Exposition in Spain in 1929 and yet remarkably looks as though it could have been designed yesterday.
		Demonstrating Van Der Rohe's architectural background the chair is a considered blend of aesthetics and physics, the curved steel frame taking the weight of the user effortlessly whilst maintaining the 'less is more' principle that underpins all of his work.
	www.iconicinteriors.co.uk /barcelonachair.shtml (458 words)

	Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Barcelona Chair. 1929
		The Barcelona Chair achieves the serenity of line and the refinement of proportions and materials characteristic of Mies van der Rohe's highly disciplined architecture.
		It had to be an "important chair, a very elegant chair," according to the architect.
		Although only two Barcelona chairs were made for the German Pavilion, the design was put into production and became so popular that, with the exception of one sixteen-year period, it has been manufactured since 1929.
	www.moma.org /collection/printable_view.php?object_id=4369 (490 words)

	Barcelona Chair
		Our Barcelona chair is also available as a two seater.
		Individual leather squares are cut and sewn by hand to form the cushions, unlike inferior reproductions which are often made with a single piece of leather.
		If you would like the ottoman as well as the chair please add an additional £20 to the delivery charge but please also refer to our "Ordering Information" page for conditions as some areas may be subject to a surcharge.
	www.designicons.co.uk /barcelona-chair.html (424 words)

	Barcelona Chair - Mies Van Der Rohe Furniture - Design Furniture Collection
		Perfectly proportioned and finished, the Barcelona Chair and Barcelona Ottomann exuded an air of elegance and authority.
		Created for the German Pavilion at the Barcelona International Exhibition, the Pavilion chair (Barcelona Chair and Barcelona Ottomann) was intended as a modern throne; a thick cushion upholstered in luxurious leather and set upon a curved metal frame in the shape of an X inspired by classical design furniture.
		In fact, Barcelona Chair and Barcelona Ottomann have been called architecture in miniature exercises in structure and materials that achieve an extraordinary visual harmony as autonomous pieces or in relation to the interiors for which they were originally designed.
	www.inter-design.org /barcelona-ottomann.html (311 words)

	Barcelona Chair: Star City Home Decor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Barcelona Chair was designed by the legendary modernist architect, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, for the German pavilion at the 1929 International Exhibition held in Spain.
		The Barcelona Chair has become an icon of important chair design.
		Our Barcelona chair is a high quality reproduction using premium solid-core stainless flat steel, fully welded.
	starcityhomedecor.com /Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=SCHD&Product_Code=TY01A (218 words)

	Mies Lounge Chair
		The chair was originally designed for the Deutscher Werkbund Pavilion at the World Exposition in Barcelona 1929.
		Each chair features high grade Aniline Leather from Italy which is hand selected, piped, tufted and individually sewn by expert leather craftsmen.
		le corbusier chair : barcelona chair : bertoia chair : le corbusier chaise longue
	www.futoncreations.com /barcelona-chairs.html (253 words)

	hivemodern.com - barcelona chair
		Created by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for the German Pavilion at the 1929 Barcelona Exposition, the Barcelona chair features the pure compositional structure that now epitomizes Modern architecture.
		From the hand-buffed stainless steel or chromed frame to the individual leather squares carefully welted together, each Barcelona chair is a tribute to traditional craftmanship and meticulous attention to detail.
		Knoll has received trademark protection for the designs created by Mies van der Rohe, a Barcelona chair not manufactured by Knoll is a counterfeit.
	hivemodern.com /products/?view=sub_product&sid=478&cid=2&cid2=3 (205 words)

	Barcelona Chair
		The Barcelona chair deisgn classic is made from chrome and high quality leather.
		When the barcelona chair was in design right Knoll were licensed to make the Barcelona chair design by Van der Rohe.
		The Barcelona chair is a cult object, designed for the German pavilion at the International Exhibition in Barcelona 1929.
	www.thisisfurniture.com /product_details.php?product_id=378&subcategory_id=22 (380 words)

	Barcelona Chair Eames Lounge Chair sofa corbusier LC2 corbusier LC3 chaiselongue
		Our Barcelona chair by Mies van der rohe, Lounge chair by Charles Eames, LC2 and LC3 armchais and Chaiselongue by Le Corbusier and all the other items in our collection are in every respect identical to the so-called 'official reproductions'.
		but there is no need for further action since the chairs have been delivered in good order.
		And I can say that they are of very good quality, we are very happy with it and hope to come to you later for other articles".
	www.steeldomus.com (263 words)

	Vassar Interiors :: Classic Modern Furniture from Artifort Herman Miller Knoll Vitra Noguchi Panton Eames Prouvé ...
		Created by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for the 1929 German Pavilion at the Barcelona Exposition, the Barcelona Chair reflects the clean, structural integrity of the greatest modern architecture.
		Each Barcelona Chair is a tribute to personal craftsmanship and features a hand-buffed chrome frame.
		Each Chair is stamped with the Knoll Studio logo and the signature of Mies van der Rohe.
	www.vassardesigns.com /barcelonachair.htm (142 words)

	Mies Van der Rohe 531 Chair
		He is considered one of the most important 20th century chair designers, ie.
		The 531 chair has now become a classic example of modern design and a status symbol of our time.
		Available in fl (as shown), red, tan, ivory, white, or pony skin leather with a chrome frame.
	www.merchantmanager.com /ita6377/MM001.ASP?pageno=742 (257 words)

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		The Mies Barcelona Chair is a high quality reproduction using premium solid-core stainless flat steel, fully welded.
		The furniture (Barcelona chair and ottoman) appear to be as good as the high priced original - frame was polished stainless steel, leather was thick yet buttery soft.
		My chair arrived today and despite my reservations over buying furniture via the internet, the quality was exactly as described.
	www.futonsstore.com /buy/Mies_Barcelona_Chair (916 words)

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