Navy Blue Leather MR40-Inspired Lounge Chair

Navy Blue Leather Lounge Chair inspired by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's 1927 MR40 design, now produced by Knoll

The MR40 chair by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is a defining piece within his groundbreaking MR Collection, representing some of the earliest explorations of tubular steel furniture in the modern era. Drawing inspiration from Marcel Breuer, Mies embraced industrial materials to create a design that feels both radical and refined. The chair’s cantilevered, gently rocking form reinterprets the silhouette of 19th-century iron rocking chairs through a distinctly modernist lens, replacing ornament with clarity of line and structural honesty. Paired with suspended leather or hide seating, the MR40 achieves a sense of lightness and movement, embodying Mies’s “less is more” philosophy while pushing furniture design into a new, machine-age aesthetic.