"Barcelona chair" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Barcelona chairs [plural]
Etymology: From Barcelona, Spain, where the International Exhibition of 1929, at which the chair was first exhibited, was held. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Barcelona chair (plural Barcelona chairs)
  1. A chair, designed by Mies van der Rohe, that has a curved metal frame consisting of a gentle curve that shapes the back and front legs intersecting with a shallow S-shaped curve that shapes the seat and back legs, no arms, and padded leather cushions. Categories (topical): Chairs
    Sense id: en-Barcelona_chair-en-noun-rUpo74dn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2009, Design Museum Enterprise Limited, Fifty Chairs that Changed the World",
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