Furniture History List 1

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Barcelona Chair (1948)

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe’s designs also are the symbol in Bauhaus and later modernism. He was a famous architect in German. He’s design inspiration from his most admirable designers Karl Friedrich Schinkel. In furniture design, van der Rohe is best known for the Brno chair and the Barcelona series for Knoll International; the day bed, chair, stool and table all being exquisite examples of twentieth century design which Aram Store stocks.

Marcel Breuer, Wassily Chair (1925)

Marcel was one of the inventive designer in Bauhaus. He creates the first bent tubular steel chair, which revolutionized design and technique in this furniture design field. Also the Wassily Chair is a symbol of the industrial heroism and engineering invention of the early 20th century. He also explored new materials as aluminum and plywood to create new form of furniture.

Bibliography:

Pina, Leslie A., 1947, Fifties Furniture: Book for Designers and Collectors, 2^nd Ed., and expanded.