Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not to get really technical, but the real Barcelona pattern was never mass-produced - it was tubular steel (bolted together), white pigskin, and a diamond-shaped tufting pattern. What is called the "Barcelona" chair today is the postwar resurrection of the design that was popularized by the Seagram's building. The current one has a solid-welded stainless frame (no disassembly), cow leather, and square tufting. This chair only becomes comfortable after about 10 years of use. It is also amazingly heavy. Dante NO ARCHIVE On Jan 10, 2010, at 6:42 PM, Lluis Ripoll Querol wrote: > Hi Larry, > > You are right, the chair is comfortable, once you are sitted on!. Yes I > rememeber the use of this cahir very commun still in our days. > > Thanks for sharing > > Cheers > Lluis > > > El 09/01/2010, a las 21:43, Lawrence Zeitlin escribi?: > >> H. Ball Arch writes: >> >> I got curious about the chairs and found this: >> >> >> "According to Mies, the furniture designed and fabricated especially for >> the >> pavilion, the Barcelona chairs and stools, went unused during the opening >> ceremony. "To tell you the truth," he remarked, "nobody ever used them." >> >> >> But everybody sure has since - is there anybody here who hasn't sat on, or >> at least admired, a Barcelona Chair in an airport or office building >> almost >> anywhere in the world? >> >> - - - - - - - >> >> >> Barcelona chairs are still around. My wife has had one in her studio for >> about 25 years. It is comfortable but is getting harder and harder to get >> out of the more I age. >> >> Larry Z >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Barcelona+Chair.JPG.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information