Materials used to make bauhausfurniture furniture: Foams & feathers, Leathers, Steel & Chrome, Woods

ANILIN LEATHER Preparation: After the cleaning and dyeing of the leather, the important selection progress begins: How many natural characteristics does the leather have? Can the leather be processed without any further application of paint, or will there be any noticeable marks on the skin? Only about 15% of the skin gets throught the selection. It is reffered as the so-called natural leathers, this includes aniline leather. An important step in the process is the greasing of the leather. It essentially determines the characterstics of the leather. Aniline leather is characterized by the soft, warm and natural feel and is extremely skin-friendly. It is therefore one of the highest quality leathers and is very popular. Features: The aniline leather, which is has been through colour-treated, is the only leather that still shows the natural characterstics of the animals skin, which is quiet rare. The colour distribution and the symmetry of the leather can vary in some individual cases, but that is what makes this leather so desirable. It is a very soft, grippy leather and the pores are still visible, and therefore the leather can still breath. The pores makes sure that when you touch the leather it will adjust to your body temperature which makes the leather feel warm.

ITALIAN SPECIAL LEATHER Preparation: In contrast to the high quality aniline leather, the semi-aniline leather has an additional pigment layer. This smooths the colour variations and the irregularities in the surface. The leather has an additional protection layer which is less sensitive to grease and dirt. With the addtional process of the leather the natural features of the lower dermis becomes apparent. The handling of the leather and the breathing of the leather is only slightly afftected. Features: The pigment layer reduces the susceptibility to fading and normal wear and tear. The pleasant warm feeling is maintained and the structure of the leather is still clearly recognizable.

CHROME The modernist designers chose 1 inch thick cold drawn steel tube because it was a widely available and cheap material. Still today gas and water pipings are made of it.

If there is nothing special about the material, using it for the making of high-class furniture requires most precise hand labour. Metal for bauhausfurniture furniture is shaped and welded by highly skilled workers, then hand finished to a mirror-like superficies before receiving a 35 micron chrome plating. We are sometimes asked about whether our steel frames were "triple chromed" as well. Any proper electroplating needs three steps: a copper plating, a nickel plating and in the end the chroming itself. More layers of chrome on top of a mirror like surface, would simply chip off.

Woods

bauhausfurniture uses ash and oak woods from Slovenia. These materials have been stored and naturally dried for years prior to being used, thus minimizing the risk of occurring cracks or distortions to an absolute minimum.
The reproduction of the sophisticated Mackintosh furniture is a challenge for our joiners and the result of their efforts is a true artisanal work.

FEATHERS

Regarding upholstery materials a lot has changed since the late twenties and a dense, fire retarding, polyurethane foam is widely used for all kinds of upholsteries on the furniture we sell.
On some models seats and s are filled with natural duck feathers to give them a more "old fashioned" and soft look and feel. On others like the Corbusier LC 2 range, we use composite foams

FOAMS

Regarding upholstery materials a lot has changed since the late twenties and a dense, fire retarding, polyurethane foam is widely used for all kinds of upholsteries on the furniture we sell.
On some models seats and s are filled with natural duck feathers to give them a more "old fashioned" and soft look and feel. On others like the Corbusier LC 2 range, we use composite foams

3 POINT BASE

According the ORIGINAL PLANS of Le Corbusier we USE strictly ONLY 3-POINT-BASES with our LC4 chaise lounges. So at any time you will find in our shop the high European quality standard as you MUST expect in luxury furnishing your home and office area.

FIBRE GLASS, reinforced plastic is a fiber-plastic mix made of plastic (E.g. thermosetting, unsaturated polyester resin, epoxy resin or polyamide) and glass fibers. The most used fiber to reinforce the plastic is the long fiber. The first time they produced glass fibers was in 1935 in the U.S, and since then the industry has used glass fibers as a reinforcement. The first plane that delivered the fiber glass was the Pheonix AKA plane Stuttgart from the year 1957.
Eero Aarnio was one of the first designers to use this material. Using the fiber glass he designed the Ball-chair and the transparent Bubble-chair. One of the great advantages about fiber glass is that it is so durable. Even in an agressive enviroment the fiber glass is resistance to dirt and weather conditions.

MARBLE is a high quality stone that has gained rapid popularity due to its structure and the mass of its fine grain. Marble's' unique texture makes it one of the most natural and luxurious material. Marble is produced by a tedious conversion of different minerals within the core of the earth. These minerals are exposed to high temperatures and pressures, after metamorphosis, marble is produced. Marble was already in the seventh century BC, an object of desire, it was recovered from the island of Paros after a painstaking manual labor. Countless works of art and monuments such as the Venus de Milo and the Acropolis were built of marble. The marble of Carrara is one of the best known and most expensive in the world. It had already been used by Michelangelo, the great sculptor of the Renaissance. The designer Achille Castiglioni, used a block of marble as a base for his legendary arc lamp.

PONY HIDE

available in different types of colours:

brown-white | brown | black | black-white | 3-colour (brown-white-black)

VELVET is a textile product. It is either a fabric with cut-open loops or a knitted fabric whose surface is roughened with a similar quality fabric. The velvet gets cut after the loops have been woven so that they are the correct angle and length. There is a veil in the fabric that is longer than the velvet but is otherwise made the same way. A plush pile is even longer. The longer the pile, the softer the fabric. Velvet is often used in the automotive industry for seat fabrics and car-door clothing.

MICRO FIBRE is usually made from polyester, acrylic or nylon. The fibers are very fine and thin ,and they are about one hundredth of a human hair, or even two times less strong than silk. Because they are produced artificially, they are technically known as synthetic fibers. First and foremost, microfiber is characterized by its very soft texture which are both highly resistant to deformation. These properties of a microfiber are achieved through a tight weave, which is necessary because of the fineness of the fiber. A larger surface that protects the microfiber from falling out is thus created; this makes it tough and greatly increases the weaving also. One of the main advantages of microfiber is its high absorption capacity, which cannot be achieved by the fiber itself, but rather through the large number of air spaces and small pores through which a capillary reaction generated.

FABRICS The discovery of dyed flax fibres in a cave in the Republic of Georgia dated to 34,000 BCE suggests textile-like materials were made even in prehistoric times. The production of textiles is a craft whose speed and scale of production has been altered almost beyond recognition by industrialization and the introduction of modern manufacturing techniques. However, for the main types of textiles, plain weave, twill, or satin weave, there is little difference between the ancient and modern methods. Incas have been crafting quipus (or khipus) made of fibres either from a protein, such as spun and plied thread like wool or hair from camelids such as alpacas, llamas, and camels or from a cellulose like cotton for thousands of years. Khipus are a series of knots along pieces of string. They have been believed to only have acted as a form of accounting, although new evidence conducted by Harvard professor, Gary Urton, indicates there may be more to the khipu than just numbers. Preservation of khipus found in museum and archive collections follow general textile preservation principles and practice.

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