Interior Essentials: Van Der Rohe’s Barcelona Chair

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Tackling interior design isn’t always straight forward and it can be difficult to know where to begin when it comes to finding the right furniture for your home. Fortunately, however, there are certain pieces of statement furniture that stand out from the crowd and entirely elevate the sense of luxury in any room. The Barcelona Chair from Mies Van Der Rohe is one such piece of designer furniture and for anyone looking to ramp up their interior design endeavours in 2014, the Barcelona Chair would be a great place to start.

Mies Van Der Rohe was a German / American designer who went on to become one of the most influential and well-regarded names in the world of 20th century furniture design. He was most famed for his Barcelona collection of furniture which he crafted for the World Exposition in 1929 which was held in, you guessed it, Barcelona. This wonderfully luxurious piece of designer furniture will breath new life into any room in which it is deployed and you’ll be hard pressed to find a more comfortable piece of seating on the market.

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The Barcelona Chair is undoubtedly one of the most luxurious pieces of designer furniture to emerge from the 20th century and if you’re the Don Draper sort seeking a striking and eye-catching piece, the Barcelona Chair won’t disappoint on any level.

A highly intricate design in which Mies Van Der Rohe used leather straps to suspend leather covered cushions from a chrome plated steel frame to create the visually impressive and endlessly comfortable Barcelona Chair you see before you. One of the most stylish pieces of statement furniture and a must have interior design essential that makes for a highly functional and comfortable addition to any contemporary, modern home.

You can find the Barcelona Chair online at SwivelUK.

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