VITRA Cite Armchair - Mod Livin'

Jean Prouvé, one of the great designers of the 20th century, was trained as an ornamental ironworker in France. In 1930 he achieved an innovative breakthrough, producing a plastic and technical form oriented to industrial practice, and went on to become the partner of many significant architects and furniture designers; Prouvé's influences are still very much alive today. His production facility in Maxeville, France allowed him the unique opportunity of combining industrial aesthetics with technical know-how. In his furniture designs, Prouvé combines his technical know-how and the opportunities offered by his production facility with it's unique industrial aesthetics. The Cité Armchair is one of his early masterpieces, designed in a 1930 competition for furnishing the halls of residence at Cité Universitaire outside of Paris. Prouvé himself used this armchair with its dynamic appearance, its characteristic coated sheet steel rockers and broad leather arm support straps in the living room of his house. Material: Moulded sheet steel base, seat and back in single-piece fabric or leather cover, armrests made of natural leather straps.