Mies Van Der Rohe Manner Barcelona Bench

This beautiful, understated design is classic Zographos. Manufactured by Zographos Designs Limited, the stainless steel base has radiused corners and supports a tufted dark warm gray...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Barcelona couch daybed for Knoll International, USA, 1980s. One of the most iconic and enduring modernist des...

Barcelona Daybed Sofa, Model 258L, designed by Lilly Reich and Mies van der Rohe in 1930. This example was produced by Knoll Associates in the 1980s. It features a tubular polished s...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Barcelona daybed for Knoll in black leather, 1972. A piece that embodies elegance and presence, the Barcelona Daybed is a cornerstone of modernist design. D...

c. 1950s. USA. Rare original Barcelona daybed. Leather construction with mahogany frame.

Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Maker: Knoll Inc./ Knoll International This Barcelona Daybed is one of the most iconic objects of 20th-century modern design. Although the origin...

Here is an extraordinarily rare piece with fantastic provenance– this oversize version of Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona daybed is 16 feet in length and custom fabricated of fiberglass and steel. You would not know that it is fiberglass without touching it. The level of detail and realism is stunning. It’s like an artwork using the principal of transference of material– when an object appears to be made of one expected material, but is really crafted of something totally different, often incongruent with one's expectations. The reason fiberglass was used to make this daybed is that it was created for use in the lobby of Mies van der Rohe’s IBM building at 330 N. Wabash in Chicago. Mies often specified that the public spaces in the buildings he designed be furnished with tables and seating also of his design. In the 1990s the owner of the IBM building hired Chicago designer Judy Niedermaier to decorate the public spaces. Having seen ordinary Barcelona chairs and sofas suffer the abuse of high-traffic spaces see with hundreds of people using them on a daily basis, she opted to something different that would hold up under extreme wear. Interestingly, this was not the first time Niedermaier employed fiberglass in her design work, nor would it be her last. Her firm had used fiberglass for store displays, pots and mannequins in some of their prop and merchandise display work, and then in the early 2000s with the famous downtown Chicago outdoor art projects “Cows on Parade” and “Suite Home Chicago” (fiberglass outdoor furniture...

Cream tone leather tufted top cushion and straps with a stainless steel frame in wonderful original condition.

Made to order bench, mahogany base bench with X-cross stretcher in the style of a vintage design, shown in leather (COM) with a dark brown stain on mahogany. Dimensions can be custom...

Barcelona daybed, designed by Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe in 1929 and manufactured by Knoll International. The Barcelona chair epitomizes functional minimalism, initially crafted in 19...