Barcelona
Object Details
- Designer
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, American, b. Germany, 1886–1969
- Fabricator
- Berliner Metallgewerbe, Berlin, Germany
- Metal Worker
- Joseph Muller, German
- Description
- Square frame of flat steel elements with welded joints; the straight horizontal elements at the back and seat joined to curving side elements forming a sweeping X-shape in profile. Nine orange/tan hemp straps on back, eight on seat, the ends wrapped around the horizontal steel elements and secured with screws. The rough steel surface with traces of black paint or lacquer.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, General Acquisitions Endowment, and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds and through gift of Torsten Bröhan, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Dix, Anne McDonnnell Ford, Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, Mrs. John Innes Kane from the estate of and in memory of her sister Mrs. Samuel W. Bridgeham, Mrs. Paul Moore, Neil Sellin, Unknown Donor and through bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane, Ruth Vollmer, and Mary Hayward Weir
- 1929
- Accession Number
- 2000-12-1-a,b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- furniture
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Chair
- Type
- Chair
- Medium
- Hand-forged steel, hemp
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 78.3 x 65.5 x 83cm (30 13/16 x 25 13/16 x 32 11/16in.)
- made in
- Berlin, Germany
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_2000-12-1-a_b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e2266137-7fe7-4702-8747-1de9d3368f7f
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