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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum's expansive and varied collection, comprising over 250,000 objects, is international in scope, includes both historic and contemporary design, and extends from one-of-a-kind to mass-produced items.
Through eMuseum, visitors can view many of the rich holdings of the Museum's four curatorial departments: Product Design and Decorative Arts; Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design; Textiles; and Wallcoverings.
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Cooper-Hewitt's Collections Online are generously supported by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
Barcelona chair (early production model or prototype)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (German, 1886-1969)
For the German Pavilion at the 1929 International Exhibition in Barcelona, Spain
Manufactured by Berliner Metallgewerbe
Germany, 1929
Hand-forged steel, hemp
Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, General Acquisitions Endowment, Decorative Arts Association Acquisitions Fund through the gift of Torsten Bröhan, and through gift of various donors, 2000-12-1
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