The Daybed was designed by Mies van der Rohe with his collaborator, Lilly Reich, for the New York apartment of Philip Johnson, an architectural historian and –after frequenting Mies – also an architect. It was presented for the first time in 1931 at the Bauausstellung exhibition in Berlin, as part of the furnishings for the “bachelor’s apartment”. ). In all of these models, the mattress upholstery takes up the squared pattern of the Barcelona, using the same materials: squared leather pieces, worked and sewn by hand, fixed by leather-covered buttons. Lacquered frakè hardwood frame. Chromed steel legs. Springs through cowhide straps. Mattress in polyurethane foam. Leather upholstery.

100% Made in Italy. Frame in solid walnut-stained, frakè, wengé or black stained wood. Legs in chromed steel. Mattress filled with polyurethane foam, covered with checkered leather or fabric, springing by means of hide straps.

Product details

• Dimensions: W140 D140 H42 cm
• Inspired by: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
• Line: Loungers
• Model: Daybed
  

The leather we use is full grain aniline, 1.2 - 1.4 mm thick. and its origins are Northern European countries. It comes from the outermost layer of the animal, which keeps intact the natural elasticity and flexibility thus ensuring its long resistance over time.

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