Van der Rohe chair with curved tubular chromed steel and hide leather seat and back, available in several finishes. Van der Rohe chair is a design "made in Italy" product, realized by an hand-crafted workshop, specialized in leather and metalwork.
Model and Measurements
- without armrests: cm 47 x d.69 x h.79
- with armrests: cm 53,5 x d.82,5 x h.79
Structure
- chromed steel metal
Hide Leather Type
- Russian leather
- full grain leather
Russian Leather: thickness of 1,8/2 mm. The material has been artificially treated, in order to make the leather smoother and delete little natural imperfections.
Full Grain Hide-leather: thickness of about 2,8/3 mm. The surface has not been treated , in order not to modify its features; in this way you can see natural imperfections, creases and pores.
Mies Van Der Rohe
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe (27 March 1886, Aachen - 27 August 1969, Chicago). In 1905, after his studies, he moved to Berlin where he worked in the office of interior designer Bruno Paul and from 1905 to 1911 as an apprentice for Peter Beherens.
Inspired by Schinkel's classicism principles at first, after World War I he developed his own concept of art in the long-running research for industrial design characterized by an artistic and aesthetic style, very revolutionary for the time.
His most daring glass and steel building projects, made during the 20s, were never realized. Thanks to the pavilion built in 1929 in Barcellona, he managed to define the formula, which remained classic, of the theme "costruction for exhibitons".
To the Bauhaus period belong also the elegant Villa Tugendhat in Brno and the environments realized for Berlin exposition in 1931.
In 1938 he moved to America and then settled in Chicago. The importance of his works has been well recognized during the years with several prizes.
