Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information