Important Design 
8 December 2009
Important Design 
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich

MR 10 chair

Joseph Muller Berliner Metallgewerbe
Germany, 1927
lacquered steel, cane 31½ h × 19 w × 26 d in (80 × 48 × 66 cm)
estimate: $12,000–15,000
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Although rarely seen, the earliest production of Mies van der Rohe's tubular furniture was available in primary colors aligning the chair with the principles of the Bauhaus. This example dates from the first production by Joseph Muller with a screw connection at the base of the original lacquered frame. Signed with partial label to underside.
literature: Mies van der Rohe: Architecture and Design in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brno, von Vegesack and Kries, ppg. 30, 78, 82

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