Image source: Knoll — Barcelona Stool
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Barcelona Stool
Mies van der Rohe's 1929 Barcelona Stool: a 16-square tufted cushion on a crisscross steel frame
635 × 375 × 591 mm
1929
Approx. $3,200 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Barcelona® Stool (model 251Y) is the low companion to the Barcelona Chair. Knoll dates it to 1929 and presents it as an icon of the modern movement. Upholstery comes in leather, suede or fabric, and the crisscross frame in three finishes.
Construction
- Cushion built from 16 squares that are cut, welted and button-tufted by hand; the leather ones are taken from one cowhide
- Seven belting leather straps, with dyed edges, hold the cushion on the frame
- Frame in mirror-buffed chrome-plated steel, in 304 stainless steel, or in steel with a matte onyx finish
- Standard or relaxed cushion fill
Specifications
- W 25" × D 23¼" × H 14¾" (635 × 591 × 375 mm); seat height 14¾"
- The stool with a cowhide sling is listed at W 21½" × D 23" × H 12¼"
- Weight 28 lb; comes fully assembled
Story
The stool in the pavilion
Knoll's page for the stool links its simple elegance and graceful profile to Mies's maxim that less is more. The design-plan heading dates it to 1929, and the shop states that Mies created the Barcelona Collection for his 1929 German Pavilion at the International Exhibition in Barcelona.
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A second stool with a cowhide sling
Alongside the upholstered stool, Knoll's page lists a Barcelona Stool with a cowhide sling, drawn smaller than the upholstered one: 21½ in wide, 23 in deep and 12¼ in high.
More by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
S 533 Cantilever Chair
Mies van der Rohe's curved cantilever chair of 1927 in a single circle of chrome-plated steel.
MR Adjustable Chaise Lounge
Mies van der Rohe's 1927 chaise on a two-piece chrome frame that adjusts in height and angle
Barcelona Couch
Mies van der Rohe's 1930 couch: tufted cushion on a mahogany platform and steel legs
Barcelona Chair
Mies van der Rohe's 1929 lounge chair: steel frame and cushions of 40 hand-welted squares
Collection
Barcelona Collection
Knoll's Barcelona Collection by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, from the 1929 Barcelona pavilion: chair, stool, couch and table with crisscross steel frames.
