Knoll Mies van Der Rohe Barcelona Daybed in Custom Leather

Based on a vintage Italian piece the distinctive quality being the shallow depth which allows use in small spaces but maintains its presence due to the high back. This is a custom or...

A universally recognized design, this Bertoia child's chair has a white wire seat with a black base and the original turquoise seat pad by Knoll.

Authentic Eero Saarinen's signature white pedestal Tulip Table by Knoll Studio, with laminate top and cast-aluminum base, 1956. Signature plate on the underside. **List Price: $1,400...

One of a kind abstract sculpture composed of metal needles from Harry Bertoia's iconic Dandelion Sculpture, circa 1960s. Minimalist walnut base added later.

Made of tubular chromed steel and leather, this chaise was made in the style of the iconic chaise designed by Mies van der Rohe in 1927 as part of his contribution to the Weissenhof ...

The iconic Barcelona daybed from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe originally designed in the 1930s and remade for Knoll International in the 2000s, this daybed is timeless. The daybed or cou...

Here is an extraordinarily rare piece with fantastic provenance– this oversize version of Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona daybed is 16 feet in length and custom fabricated of fiberglass and steel. You would not know that it is fiberglass without touching it. The level of detail and realism is stunning. It’s like an artwork using the principal of transference of material– when an object appears to be made of one expected material, but is really crafted of something totally different, often incongruent with one's expectations. The reason fiberglass was used to make this daybed is that it was created for use in the lobby of Mies van der Rohe’s IBM building at 330 N. Wabash in Chicago. Mies often specified that the public spaces in the buildings he designed be furnished with tables and seating also of his design. In the 1990s the owner of the IBM building hired Chicago designer Judy Niedermaier to decorate the public spaces. Having seen ordinary Barcelona chairs and sofas suffer the abuse of high-traffic spaces see with hundreds of people using them on a daily basis, she opted to something different that would hold up under extreme wear. Interestingly, this was not the first time Niedermaier employed fiberglass in her design work, nor would it be her last. Her firm had used fiberglass for store displays, pots and mannequins in some of their prop and merchandise display work, and then in the early 2000s with the famous downtown Chicago outdoor art projects “Cows on Parade” and “Suite Home Chicago” (fiberglass outdoor furniture...

Elevate your living space with the timeless elegance of Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona couch/daybed in classic black Volo leather available at circa20c. Crafted by Knoll, the daybed e...