Joseph-Andre Motte Tongue Model 771 Chairs for Steiner

Cast aluminum Tulip chair by Pierre Guariche for Steiner, France, 1954. Sculpted and curved cast aluminum seat with an opening on the seat on sleek four leg black tubular metal base....

Stainless steel desk chair by forma Nova and newly reupholstered in black hair on hide cowhide. The stainless steel is polished with a matte surface with no pitting or surface issues...

An Italian abstract strap steel and linen fabric side and statement chair. The steel has been bent into an abstract sculptural shape with curves and folds. The fabric is a heavy lin...

Stainless steel desk chair by Forma Nova and newly reupholstered in black hair on hide cowhide. The stainless steel is polished with a matte surface with no pitting or surface issues...

Iconic Charlotte Perriand Meribel dining chair from Les Arcs. Great condition all original. No alterations have been made. All original. Overal...

A pair of Kosmos lounge chairs designed by Augusto Bozzi for Saporiti in Italy, 1954. The chairs are reupholstered in a pale pink velvet fabric, the curved seats are amazingly comfor...

The model 771 chair is more commonly known as the "Tongue" chair after the shape of the chair's seat. This vintage 1950s Joseph-André Motte chair was found with tired fabric and we h...

Four Green Chairs 771 by Joseph André Motte, Steiner, 1958 Set of 4 chairs model 771, it is often called "the tongue chair" because of its design. It was published by Steiner in 1958. The vintage velvet of the chairs is authentic, so it may have some defects due to its age but still in very good condition. Joseph-André Motte (1925 - 2013) was an interior architect and one of the great figures of French design in the 1950s and 1960s. At the École des arts appliqués à l'industrie (now ENSAAMA), he studied under René Gabriel, Louis Sognot and Albert Guénot, graduating top of his class in 1948. He then obtained his first collaboration with the Bon Marché art studio. One of his first models, the Tripodes...

Set of six chairs model 771 (said "tongue chair") by Joseph Andre Motte for Steiner. Circa 1954. Redone and recently covered with Bergamo fabric by Bisson Bruneel...

Twelve chairs model 771 by Joseph Andre Motte for Steiner, upholstery over maple on black enameled steel base. Only one chair finished in bouclé for display. Set is COM.

Set of infamous Language dining chairs by the French grandmaster of design Joseph André Motte, also known as “Tongue” chairs, due to the unmistakable shape of the seat. These chairs...

Large single chair by Joseph Andre Motte with original fabric and finish.