VITRA Cite Armchair

Prouvé's 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.