Mies van der Rohe Inspired Three Seat Bench

Mies Van der Rohe was born in Germany in 1886. At the age of 19, he moved to Berlin and began working with the Art Nouveau architect and furniture designer Bruno Paul. Just a year later, he received his first commission for an architectural design for a local philosopher's home. Over the next 10 years, he studied the works of Frank Lloyd Wright and Karl Friedrich Schinkel. By 1912, he had his own studio in Berlin.

In 1927, Mies Van der Rohe designed one of the design community's most famous buildings, the German Pavilion at the International Exposition in Barcelona, Spain. It contained one of interior design's most famous chairs, the Barcelona Chair. The Pavilion had a flat roof supported by columns, while the interior was constructed of glass and marble. Mies Van der Rohe was Director of the Bauhaus School from 1930 to 1933. In 1937, he moved to Chicago, where he became the Head of the architecture department at the Illinois Institute of Technology. During the next 15 years of his career, he designed skyscrapers for nearly every major American city.

Mies van der Rohe is generally recognized as one of the founding fathers of Modernism and the most purist of Modern architects. His work is characterized by a constructional clarity, free-flowing space, and careful detailing, in accordance with his famous maxim "less is more." Mies van der Rohe ranks as one of the most important twentieth-century designers based on his range of designs ‚" from the functional simplicity of the cantilever chairs to the luxurious comfort of the Barcelona Chair.

Classic style upholstered three-seat bench with a walnut wood frame, hide leather straps, and chrome tube legs. Unless otherwise specified, the hide straps are manufactured to match the selected aniline and standard leather as closely as possible.

Made in Italy.

Dimensions: H 16 3/4" x D 20 1/2" x W 71 3/4"

Material: Upholstered three-seat bench with walnut frame, hide leather straps, and chrome legs.