Chair 1927

Quality

Cantilever chair with chrome-plated, elaborate tubular steel frame. Seat and backrest covered with high-quality hide leather. Mies van der Rohe cantilever chair MADE IN ITALY.

Iconic design

The cantilever chair is a striking example of modern furniture design. In 1926 Mart Stam developed the first chair without rear legs under the name Kragstuhl, which, however, still rested on a rather rigid tubular structure. With his own design, the Mies van der Rohe cantilever chair MR20 for the Weißenhofsiedlung in 1927, Mies van der Rohe showed this type of chair to a broader public for the first time, which was already more elastic. Marcel Breuer continued to improve the cantilever chair in terms of elasticity and other things and developed numerous tubular steel versions during his time at the Bauhaus. Many other well-known designers and architects created their own versions of the cantilever chair.

Dimensions (W x D x H)

48 x 84 x 69 cm

Delivery time

3 to 4 weeks

Designer Mies Van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe was born in Aachen, Germany in 1886. He worked in the family stone-carving business before he joined the office of Bruno Paul in Berlin. He entered the studio of Peter Behrens in 1908 and remained until 1912. Under Behrens’ influence, Mies developed a design approach based on advanced structural techniques and Prussian Classicism. He also developed a sympathy for the aesthetic credos of both Russian Constructivism and the Dutch De Stijl group. He borrowed from the post and lintel construction of Karl Friedrich Schinkel for his designs in steel and glass. Mies worked with the magazine G which started in July 1923. He made major contributions to the architectural philosophies of the late 1920s and 1930s as artistic director of the Werkbund-sponsored Weissenhof project and as Director of the Bauhaus. Famous for his dictum ‘Less is More’, Mies attempted to create contemplative, neutral spaces through an architecture based on material honesty and structural integrity. Over the last twenty years of his life, Mies achieved his vision of a monumental ‘skin and bone’ architecture. His later works provide a fitting denouement to a life dedicated to the idea of a universal, simplified architecture Mies died in Chicago, Illinois in 1969.