Barcelona Day Bed, 1929

Barcelona day bed by Mies Van Der Rohe for Knoll.

The Barcelona family includes a lounge chair, a daybed and a table.

Designed for the 1929 German pavilion at the international exhibition in Barcelona, the Barcelona day bed has a hand-buffed hardwood frame and upholstery in individual leather squares welted together.

Designed in 1930, the Barcelona Couch shares the same simple elegance as the iconic lounge chair of the same name. Mies van der Rohe’s command of line and material in all medium, from architecture to furniture, helped define the modern furniture vocabulary.