VITRA Antony Chair - 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. Designed at the beginning of the 1950s for the Cité Universitaire at Antony, near Paris, this chair was one of Jean Prouvé's last efforts in the field of furniture design. The salient feature of this unique item of seating is it's unconventional construction, which Prouvé successfully combined with a strikingly dynamic shape. Material: Frame made of lacquered sheet and tubular steel, seat shell made of moulded wood, oak veneer with natural wood look.