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Barcelona chair en · NOUN

Etymology

From Barcelona, Spain, where the International Exhibition of 1929, at which the chair was first exhibited, was held.

Meanings

1. A chair, designed by Mies van der Rohe, that has a curved metal frame consisting of a gentle curve that shapes the back and front legs intersecting with a shallow S-shaped curve that shapes the seat and back legs, no arms, and padded leather cushions.
   • The Barcelona Chair was designed in 1929 for the German Pavilion at the International Exhibition in Barcelona, Spain. 2001, Kimberly Elam, Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition:
   • The Barcelona chair commanded the staggering price of $550, however, and that was wholesale. 2009, Tom Wolfe, From Bauhaus to Our House, page 48:
   • Marble, travertine, brass and plate glass were deployed to majestic effect, and within the cool, calm interior the Barcelona chairs and accompanying ottomans took on a monumental presence. 2009, Design Museum Enterprise Limited, Fifty Chairs that Changed the World:
   • Following his move to America in 1938, he did not come up with any new furniture designs; the Barcelona chair remains his most famous work. 2013, Anne Massey, Chair, page 65:

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