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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

(Germany, 1886-1969)
Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
1 740 - 2 180 EUR
1 830 - 2 280 USD
Hammer price
24 000 SEK
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
(Germany, 1886-1969)

a 'MR 20' armchair, Berliner Metallgewerbe Josef Müller or Bamberg Metallwerkstatten, ca 1927.

Chrome-plated tubular steel, black lacquered rattan.

The rattan with some damages, wear.

Provenance

Stiftelsen Formens Hus, Hällefors, Sweden, nr 111.

Literature

Alexander von Vegesack, Matthias Kries (ed), 'Mies van der Rohe - Architecture and Design i Stuttgart', Vitra design Museum, 1998, Barcelona, Brno, see p 76-83.

Ludwig Glaeser, 'Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Furniture and Furniture Drawings from the Design Collecion and the Mies van der Rohe Archive', MOMA, New York 1977.

More information

Designed in 1927 for the exhibition 'Die Wohnung', Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart in 1927. The tubular steel could be chromed, nickel-plated or lacquered in yellow, red or blue. The upholstery could be of leather, rattan or 'eisengarnstoff'.