Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Table

Design-savvy friends,  I have to tell you about this cool piece of furniture belonging to my parents-in-law.

Pardon the phone photo, but here is a quick pic I snapped on moving day:

We can't find a place for it in their new home, and I thought it was a little too contemporary for my taste, so I told my parentsIL that I'd sell it for them on Craigslist.  To price it, I did a bit of Google-surfing and discovered this table is actually a really hip vintage piece.

It turns out this cocktail table is a replica of the Barcelona table designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1930.   The table has won The Museum of Modern Art Award (1977) and the Design Center Stuttgart Award (1978).  Authentic Barcelona tables, identified by a stamp on the bottom of the base, are manufactured exclusively by Knoll Studio and retail for $1606 at Design Within Reach, with early editions selling for much more.  

The replicas sell on eBay, Craigslist and through dealers for up to $600 depending on condition.

After researching the piece and finding it in some beautiful designs, I am WISHING I had room for it in my own house!

{Turquoise LA via decorpad}

{Desire To Inspire via decorpad}

{Fougeron Architecture FAIA via Houzz}

I can see this table in a beach house with a big piece of driftwood on it, or in a city apartment, stacked with design books.

Kind of cool right?

{If you live in the MA/RI/NH area and are interested in this table, contact me at lscibilia@verizon.net}