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Barrel Chair by Frank Lloyd Wright

The Arts and Crafts designers wanted unity. They believed that houses should harmonize with the landscape, and that furniture should coordinate with the houses. Frank Lloyd Wright said that that "Every chair must be designed for the building it will be in."

The "Barrel Chair" by Frank Lloyd Wright was designed in 1937 for Herbert Johnson's house, Wingspread. Made of natural cheerywood with an upholstered leather seat, the chair was a reworking of a design Wright created in 1904.

Wright saw the chair as an architectural challenge. He used tall straight chairs as a screen around tables. The simple shapes of his furniture permitted machine production, making the designs affordable. Indeed, Wright believed that machines could actually enhance the designs.

"The machine has liberated the beauties of nature in wood," Wright told the Arts and Crafts Society in a 1901 lecture. "...With the exception of the Japanese, wood has been misused and mishandled everywhere," Wright said.

Following Bauhaus design furniture reproduction you will find in the shop:
Eileen Gray: Bibendum Chair, Non Conformist Chair, Adjustable Table, Folding Table, Tube Light, Lota Sofa, Daybed, Montecarlo Bench, Roque Brune Chair | Le Corbusier: LC 2 Armchair, LC 2 Sofa, LC 3 Armchair, LC 3 Sofa, LC 4 Chaise Lounge, LC 7 Swivel Chair, LC 10 Table, LC 6 Dining Table, Basculant Armchair | Mies van der Rohe: Barcelona Daybed, Barcelona Chair, Barcelona Ottoman, Cantilever Chair, Cantilever Leather Chair, Cocktail Table, Parson Dining Table | Frank Lloyd Wright: Taliesin Table, Barrel Chair, Coonley Chair | Arne Jacobsen: Chair 3107, N°7 arm chair, Table, Swan chair, Egg chair | Charles Eames: Lounger plus Ottoman, Plywood Chair, LCW Chair, LCW Table, Swivel Chair EA 117, EA 119, EA 105, EA 108, EA 111, Soft Pad chair 205, Soft Pad chair 208, Soft Pad chair 217, Soft Pad chair 219, Soft Pad chair 216, Plywood chair | Philippe Starck: Costes Chair, Pratfall Chair |Eero Saarinen: Tulip Chair, Marble Table, Tulip armchair, Tulip stool, Womb chair | Eero Aarnio: Bubble chair, Ball chair | Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Willow Chair, Hill House Chair, Ingram Chair, Argyle Chair, DS 1 Folding Table, DS 2 Table, Ashwood armchair, Ashwood chair | Wilhelm Wagenfeld: Wagenfeld Lamp | Harry Bertoia: Wire Chair, Diamond Chair | Florence Knoll | George Nelson: Coconut chair, Marshmellow Sofa, Platform bench | Gerrit Rietveld: Red-Blue-Chair, Zig-Zag chair | Poul Kjaerholm | Pierre Paulin: Tulip chair | Poul M Volther | Rene Herbst | Ron Arad | Verner Panton: Panton chair | Gabriel Mucchi: Genni chair | Marcel Breuer | Frank Lloyd Wright: Barrel chair, Coonley Chair, Taliesin Table | Giorgio Gurioli | Poul Kjaerholm | Pierre Paulin: Tulip chair | Poul M Volther | Rene Herbst | Ron Arad | Verner Panton: Panton chair | Gabriel Mucchi: Genni chair | Marcel Breuer | Frank Lloyd Wright: Barrel chair, Coonley Chair, Taliesin Table | Giorgio Gurioli