Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/11

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Barcelona Chair
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:53:34 +0100
References: <6a7544a61001091243y796a109fs66cba04c2fc00366@mail.gmail.com> <0A682C1B-93C8-4F93-8E08-0083D6F6D6A1@gmail.com> <CF6F38DF-E039-417C-A66A-2FCF37EA8185@ameritech.net>

Thnaks for this information Dante,

Saludos
Lluis


El 11/01/2010, a las 5:40, Dante Stella escribi?:

> 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
>>>
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