MR Lounges, 1931 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

MR Lounges were designed by Ludewig Mies van der Rohe in 1931 after the Bauhaus style from Germany. The frames of these lounges are similar to the MR Chair frame-made of tubular steel sections doweled and screwed together. The cantilevered seat is supported by leather or rubber straps; the upholstery is padded and quilted in sections. The frames of these chairs are deeper and the seats more angles than on the MR Chair-increasing the comfort of the sitter. These chairs were manufactured first in Germany and then reissued by Knoll International. Mies left Germany in 1938 to join the faculty of the Armour Institute (later known as the Illinois Institute of Technology) in Chicago, where he remained until he retired in 1958.