Brno chair [SEP] designer
Brno chair
The Brno chair (model number MR50) is a modernist cantilever chair designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich in 1929-1930 for the bedroom of the Tugendhat House in Brno, Czech Republic. The design was based on similar chairs created by Mies van der Rohe also working with Lilly Reich, such as the MR20 chair with wicker seat from 1927; all building on earlier designs of Mart Stam.
The Brno chair has become a modern furniture classic. It has very clean lines, consisting
27 Oct 2007 – 13 Jan 2008
- Siebengebirgsmuseum, Germany, Chargesheimer, Claasen & Co: Aus den Schubladen einer rheinischen Fotosammlung, 15 Aug – 28 Oct 2007 (with extensive catalogue)
- SK Stiftung Kultur, Germany, Stadt-Bild-Köln, 1 Jun – 12 Aug 2007
- LWL-Museum, Germany, 1945 - Im Blick der Fotografie. Kriegsende und Neuanfang, 22 May – 11 Sep 2005
- The Brno House of Art, Czechoslovakia, Subjective Photography 1948-1963, 23