Brno Chair With Tubular Steel Frame

Brno Chair Tubular Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1930

Designed by Mies van der Rohe for his renowned Tugendhat House in Brno, Czech Republic, the Brno Chair reflects the groundbreaking simplicity of its original environment. The design is celebrated for its lean profile, clean lines and meticulous attention to detail. 

Construction and Details

Frame is chrome-plated 11 gauge steel. The mirror chrome-plating process includes lengthy nickel and silicone coatings for rust protection and increased durability. All chairs are polished to a mirror finishClean, seamless joints and hidden drilled or countersunk holes (as opposed to punched) render the chair free of deformationSeat has an inner hardwood frame cushioned with variable density foam. Dymetrol seat suspension enhances comfort level

 245 Brno Chair - Tubular

W22.75"*D22.5"*H31.5" SH:17.25" AH:25.75"

The flexibility of steel, its tensile properties, and its solidity, made possible the reinterpretation of the chair with the elimination of the back legs. In the 1920s, this idea was retrieved many times. Mies van der Rohe presented the first “cantilever” in 1927 at the exhibition of the Deutsche Werkbund, which he organized in the Weissenhof quarter of Stuttgart. There is an ulterior adaptation, carried out between 1928 and 1930 for Villa Tugendhat in Brno (Czech Republic). It seems that in the villa’s breakfast room there were two dozen of them. Even in the “Brno”, it’s easy to recognize one of the central themes in Mies van der Rohe’s ideas on architecture and furniture design (two closely interwoven concepts): the search for fundamental and primary elements, and that process of eliminating the superfluous, of purification, which was summarized with the famous “less is more”. Polished chrome steel frame. Internal wood structure, padded with polyurethane foam. Leather or fabric upholstery.

brno chair with tubular steel frame

Design Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1930

Tubular steel frame, upholstery

Made in USA by Knoll

Designed in 1930 for the Tugendhat house in Brno, Czechoslovakia, the Brno chair mirrors the ground breaking simplicity of its original environment. A simple profile, clean lines and meticulous attention to detail have elevated the Brno chair to an icon of twentieth century furniture design.

In close cooperation with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and later the Mies van der Rohe Archives of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, Knoll continues to reproduce the Brno chairs to the designer's exacting specifications. Hand-ground, hand-buffed seamless frames demonstrate the exceptional quality. With a large selection of fabrics and leathers to choose from, the Brno chair complements any interior. An elegant alternative to wooden side chairs.

Knoll is the only authorized and licensed manufacturer of the Van der Rohe collection. Mies van der Rohe's signature is stamped into the frame of each piece to guarantee authenticity.

After working in his father's stonemasonry business and engaging furniture apprenticeships, Mies established his own office in Berlin, and later became a member of the Deutscher Werkbund and Director of the Bauhaus. He immigrated to the United States in 1938, setting up a practice in Chicago where he persued his architecture career and later became the director of architecture at the Institute of Technology in Chicago.

The Bruno tubular steel chair can also be specified with an optional six clear plastic glides that fit in specially drilled holes.

22.75" w | 22.5" d | 31.5" h | seat: 17.25" h | arms: 25.75" h