Brno chair
The Brno chair (MR50) is a modernist cantilever chair designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1929-1930 for the bedroom of the Tugendhat House in Brno, Czechoslovakia. The design was based on similar chairs created by Mies van der Rohe 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 very clean lines, consisting of a steel frame in a single piece, bent into a C-shape to create a cantilevered form, with taut seat and back upholstered in leather. There are two versions of the chair, one in tubular steel and the other in flat steel. Originally made from polished stainless steel; modern examples are often chrome-plated.
The Brno chair was selected by Dan Cruickshank as one of his 80 man-made "treasures" in the 2005 BBC series, Around the World in 80 Treasures.
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