If you are finding for a Barcelona Chair for your living room or office, then you have a very complex taste. Created by the famous architect-designer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona chairs are known for their sleek, minimalist looks and as a timeless image of the 20th century modern furniture movement. However, it is also popular for its relatively high price tag. Although the chair was supposedly designed as a furnishing for the common man, it was a stark contrast to the chair’s original price of $6,281. The Barcelona chair’s costly price is continued to this very day as makers said to be licensed to create Barcelona Chairs, such as Knoll and Gordon International, price the chairs between $800 and $2,500. Because of this, users who would like to have their own Barcelona chair but cannot afford to buy a licensed one revert to reproduction pieces.

As its name shows, reproduction Barcelona Chairs are chairs reproduced from the Barcelona chair design and manufactured by third-party companies. The difference between licensed and reproduction pieces is that the makers of the reproductions do not have a license to make them. Because of this, reproduction chairs are significantly cheaper than their licensed counterparts, but often at the cost of quality.

Reproduction chairs are usually made by makers based in some countries, namely Argentina, Brazil, Germany, China, Vietnam, and Thailand. One of the reasons why reproduction Barcelona chairs that come from these countries are so cheap priced is that the materials used in it come from local suppliers, thus trimming down in prices on importation and transportation. And in some cases, the local materials give the reproduction chairs a somewhat “distinct” look. A good example of this is reproduction chair that is made from Argentina. Although the leather from a reproduction chair from Argentina seems perfectly the same as the leather from the Italian leather from the original, to the trained eye the Argentine leather is deeper grains and is heavy to the hand.

Although it is tempting for an individual to pick reproduction Barcelona chairs based on the country they were manufactured, it is not exactly accurate. China, for example, makes both the best and the worst Barcelona chair reproduction. Even some makers based in Italy – a country known|popular|famous for their meticulous quality especially to leather – create chairs using substandard quality materials and sell them to the so-called “export” market. This is why reproduction chairs are often a double-edged sword, as the chair that you have owned can either be of good or terrible quality.