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    Four Seasons Barstool

    Ludwig Mies van der Rohe  1958

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    Created in 1958 for the Four Seasons Restaurant at the Seagram Building in New York, this design is believed to be a collaborative effort between Mies van der Rohe, who designed the building, and Phillip Johnson, who designed the restaurant. The cantilevered chrome frame, lean profile and meticulous craftsmanship complement van der Rohe’s Flat Bar Brno Chair, which was specified throughout the restaurant. In 2006 Knoll brought the design into mass production for the first time ever.

    Knoll Mies van der Rohe Four Seasons Stool

    Product story

    In the mid-1950s, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was selected as the architect for a modern office tower known today as the Seagram Building. Philip Johnson was named as his cooperating local partner.

    Johnson’s most memorable contribution to the project was the design of the interiors of The Four Seasons restaurant on the ground floor of the building. Johnson, a disciple of Mies, faithfully specified the modern master’s furniture throughout the interior.

    In the bar room, Johnson specified a stool of Miesian style and proportion. No prior drawings by Mies exist for this design and it is thought that it was most likely a collaborative effort by Johnson and Mies. The restaurant opened in November of 1959. In 2004, Carl Magnusson developed the stool for production in Italy; it was introduced in 2006.

    Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

    Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

     
     

    Regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of architecture, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s ‘less-is-more’ approach to design was the gold standard for many generations of modern architecture.

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    Construction and Details
    • Available in a range of KnollTextiles and Spinneybeck® leathers
    • Seat upholstered over a foam cushion reinforced with a plywood form
    • Stitching detail is found on the rear left hand corner of the stool
    • Frame is bent steel with chrome antique bronze plating
    • Available in bar height only
    • The KnollStudio logo and signature of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe are stamped into each piece

    Dimensions

    •   w d h seat h
      257C Four Seasons Stool 17" 17" 30" 30"

    Leg Finish

    Chrome, Polished

    Chrome, Polished

    Environment

    Whitesweep

    General Info

    Document

    Four Seasons Stool Product Sheet
    Document

    KnollStudio Price List Vol 1

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