ARCmotiv Modern Furniture

Created by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for the German Pavilion at the 1929 Barcelona Exposition, the Barcelona couch features the hand-buffed frame and hand-pieced leatherwork of traditional craftsmanship.

Signature KnollStudio design, produced to Mies' original specifications

Exclusive manufacturing and sales rights accorded to Knoll by the designer in 1953

KnollStudio logo and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's signature stamped into the frame of each piece

• Hardwood frame is Sapele with a protective clear lacquer finish. 11 thick cowhide leather straps over rubber webbing.

• Tubular steel in polished stainless steel finish.

• Bolster in matching leather is secured to cushion platform with straps complete with lock snaps.

• Available with black cowhide straps or laminated straps to match selected upholstery color. Couch contains 11 belting support straps over rubber webbing.

• 72 individual panels are cut, hand-welted and hand-tufted with leather and buttons produced from a single cowhide.
• Cushions are premium quality, fire retardant, high resilient urethane foam with down-like dacron polyester fiberfill.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe began his career working in his father's stonemasonry business. After an apprenticeship with furniture designer Bruno Paul in Berlin, he joined the office of architect Peter Behrens, whose work presaged the modern movement. In 1912, Mies established his own office in Berlin, and later became a member of the Deutscher Werkbund and Director of the Bauhaus. He immigrated to the United States in 1938, setting up a practice in Chicago. His buildings include the German Pavilion for the 1929 Barcelona Exposition, the Tugendhat Villa in Brno, Czechoslovakia, the Seagram Building, designed with Philip Johnson, a cluster of residential towers along Chicago’s Lakeshore Drive in Chicago, and the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, where he was the director of architecture.

Standard Leadtime for the Barcelona Couch is 12-14 Weeks

Home Delivery is highly recommended.