【正文】 res, Austria Reissue: Cassina, Italy Barcelona Chair, Model No. MR90, 1929 Chromed flat steel, leather Design: Mies van der Rohe, Lilly Reich Among the most elegant and imposing of the chairs designed by Mies van der Rohe (18861969) in collaboration with the interior designer Lilly Reich (18851947) is the opulent Barcelona Chair. Designed in 1929, it is one of the most recognizable early 20th century chairs and is still a familiar sight in corporate foyers. The chair was developed for the German Pavilion at the 1929 International Exhibition in Barcelona as part of Mies? mission to design the pavilion and its contents. As the German Pavilion was to be the setting for the official opening ceremony, Mies decided upon a thronelike form for the chairs and modeled them on the sella curulis, an ancient stool used by Roman magistrates. Barcelona Chair, Model No. MR90, 1929 Chromed flat steel, leather Design: Mies van der Rohe, Lilly Reich Reissue: Knoll International, US 。vres in Paris, he replied: “We don?t embroider cushions here.” A few months later he apologised after being taken by his cousin Pierre Jeanneret (18961967) to see the glass, steel and aluminium interior that Perriand had designed for her Bar sous le To 顃 installation in an exhibition. Until then Le Corbusier had furnished his residential projects and exhibition sets with the bentwood chairs manufactured by Tho in Austria and club chairs from Maples in London. Perriand?s arrival offered an opportunity for his studio to develop furniture in the angular forms of the modern movement from industrial materials. Originally designed for Maison La Roche in Paris and exhibited at the Salon d?Automne in 1929, the Grand Confort was inspired by Le Corbusier?s favourite Maples club chair. Grand Confort, Model No. LC2 club chair, 1928 Chromed bent tubular steel, leather Design: Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Production: Tho Fr232。der Tho, Austria MR10, 1927 Chromiumplated steel, leather Design: Mies van der Rohe, Lilly Reich Throughout the 1920s the German architect Mies van der Rohe (18861969) collaborated with the interior designer Lilly Reich (18851947) on the development of furniture for his architectural projects. By the mid1920s they, like other progressive designers, were fascinated by the possibilities of tubular metal. Mies and Reich were intrigued by the cantilever chair, which they saw as the acme of modernity offering the fort of a conventional armchair without the bourgeois associations of upholstery. By 1927, they had developed the textileseated MR10 and caneseated MR20. Both chairs were exhibited at the 1927 Die Wohnung exhibition of modern living at the Weissenhof Settlement in Stuttgart. MR10, 1927 Chromiumplated steel, leather Design: Mies van der Rohe, Lilly Reich Reissue: Knoll International, US B32, 1928 Chromiumplated steel, wood, cane Design: Marcel Breuer The most refined and resolved of the pioneering cantilevered chairs produced in the late 1920s is the B32, designed by Marcel Breuer (19021981). By adding a robust wooden frame to the seat and back, he eradicated the need for the additional support of crosspieces and hidden tubes to leave a light, elegant structure. Its lightness and modernity were enhanced by the textural and colour contrast of the polished steel tubing, warm wooden frames and translucent cane of the back and seat. Breuer then developed an armchair version of the B32 in the equally radical B64 in which he positioned the arms to float gracefully above the seat frame. B32 chair, 1928 Chromiumplated steel, wood, cane Design: Marcel Breuer Reissue: Knoll International, US Grand Confort Model No. LC2 Club Chair, 1928 Chromed bent tubular steel, leather Design: Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand When the 24 yearold furniture designer Charlotte Perriand (19031999) asked for a job at Le Corbusier39。coratifs in Paris. Le Corbusier justified his choice by explaining: “We believe that this chair, millions of which are in use… is a noble thing.” Architects flocked to Paris for the 1925 Exposition from all over the world and Le Corbusier?s pavilion was one of the mo