$9,870
H 40.56 in W 21.66 in D 17.72 in
Jean Prouvé Folding Chair Designed 1930, Manufactured by Tecta, 1983
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
, 1983 This very rare folding chair was designed by Jean Prouve´ in 1930. Originally only 8 of these
Steel
Jean Prouvé Compas Desk
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Paris, FR
Desk Compas designed by Jean Prouvé circa 1950. Edited by Ateliers Jean Prouvé Folded sheet steel
Wood
Jean Prouvé Daybed
By Jean Prouvé
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
to read more about Prouvé? We suggest this book. A Jean Prouvé “Scal” day bed with folded sheet
Steel
Jean Prouve Green Lacquered Steel and Oak Folding Bench, 1958
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Banc escamotable, large green lacquered steel and oak folding bench By Jean Prouvé, circa 1958
Bench by Jean Prouve, France, 1950s
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
A bench model by Jean Prouvé, defined by its distinctive folded steel supports and solid wooden
Metal
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H 40.16 in W 17.72 in L 40.16 in
Metal Folding Chair with Lifting Seat by Jean Prouvé for Tecta, Germany, 1985
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Berlin, DE
Metal chair with lifting seat, designed 1930 by the outstanding French constructor Jean Prouvé and
Steel
Jean Prouvé Daybed with Custom Cushion in Brazilian Cowhide
By Jean Prouvé
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
, circa 1951 A Jean Prouvé “Scal” day bed with folded sheet steel structure and black lacquered steel
Steel
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H 31.89 in W 15.75 in D 18.12 in
Jean Prouvé, Rare 'Démontable' Cafeteria Chair, model 300, circa 1950-2
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France ash plywood, folded steel sheet and tube enamelled in original 'Brun Van
Steel
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H 31.89 in W 15.75 in D 18.51 in
Jean Prouvé, Rare Original 'Demountable' Chair, Birch and Steel, circa 1950-2
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Atelier Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France birch plywood, folded steel sheet and tube enamelled in an attractive
Steel
Folded Steel & Glass Stand, France 1960's
By Jean Prouvé
Located in New York, NY
A drink stand in folded steel with a yellow glass tile top.
Cut Steel
Jean Prouvé Folding Chair with Steel Frame and Black Upholstery
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Madrid, ES
Jean Prouvé designed this folding chair in 1930. It has a steel frame and black fabric upholstered
Steel
Prouvé EM Table by Vitra
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Dronten, NL
EM table, designed by Jean Prouvé, manufactured by Vitra. Folded steel legs enameled in dark
Sheet Metal
Folding Bench by Jean Prouvé
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bench, France, c.1953. Manufactured by Les Ateliers Jean Prouve.
Steel
Jean Prouvé Flavigny Table with Stone Top
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare and Early "Flavigny" table by Jean Prouvé with folded sheet steel legs and tubular
Limestone, Steel
$4,650
H 28.75 in W 49.22 in D 23.63 in
Jean Prouvé Compass Direction Desk Limited RAW Steel and Natural Oak by Vitra
By Vitra, Jean Prouvé
Located in Dronten, NL
Jean Prouvé Compass direction desk in natural oak and clear lacquered steel for Vitra. Originally designed in 1953, Prouvé's iconic desk is based the design on the structural princip...
Steel
$3,150Sale Price|25% Off
H 33 in W 26.75 in D 35 in
'Cité' Leather and Steel Lounge Chair by Jean Prouvé for Vitra, Signed
By Jean Prouvé, Vitra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed by the iconic French engineer and designer Jean Prouvé, the Cité Lounge Chair is an example of his innovative approach to form and function. Originally created for the stude...
Metal
$42,303Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 28.75 in W 98.43 in D 35.44 in
Jean Prouve by G-Star Raw for Vitra S.A.M. Tropique Table with matching chairs
By Jean Prouvé
Located in amstelveen, NL
2011 Jean Prouvé by G-Star Raw for Vitra S.A.M. Tropique table with matching standard chairs. This limited edition table was only produced in this version for one year in 2011. Other...
Steel, Stainless Steel
Panel with glass porthole - 1960 Jean Prouvé - Studal
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Paris, FR
Very rare Panel with glass porthole - 1960 Jean Prouvé - Studal . Self-supporting porthole bin. . Aluminium and glass. . Saint Egreve technical building/ architect Gutton . Dimension...
Aluminum
$9,988
H 34.45 in W 26.97 in D 68.9 in
Jules Leleu deckchair bed designed by Jean Prouvé for the Plateau d'Assy
By Jules Leleu, Jean Prouvé
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Superb deckchair daybed by Jules Leleu manufactured by Jean Prouvé for the Plateau d'Assy sanatorium in 1934. Red lacquered steel mesh frame (original paint), solid oak armrests and ...
Metal
$9,920Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 34.5 in W 20 in D 26.5 in
Jean Prouvé Antony Chairs, 2002 Vitra edition. with original tags, Set of 2
By Jean Prouvé, Vitra
Located in Denver, CO
These chairs are a very sought after set of Antony Chairs originally designed in 1950 by French Architect Jean Prouvé, released via license by Vitra USA on behalf of the Prouvé famil...
Steel
$23,200
H 35.83 in W 52.37 in D 35.83 in
Jean Prouvé & Jules Leleu, Bed or Daybed / Authentic Mid-Century Modern
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Zürich, CH
This item expresses a specific rawness. There is no need for precise execution or the desire to appear sophisticated. It is simple, self-evident, and direct. It's made out of basic e...
Steel
Jean Prouvé - panneaux façade Saint Egrève 1960
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Perpignan, FR
Rare panneaux "fenêtre" double face Jean Prouvé pour Studal . 1960 - Bâtiment technique de Saint Egrève Bon état général - a nettoyer Plus d'informations sur demande
Aluminum
$7,638
H 35.44 in W 27.56 in D 43.31 in
Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) Grand Repos armchair (creation 1930) Tecta ed., c.1985
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Paris, FR
Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) Grand Repos armchair (creation 1930) Tecta edition, Germany, circa 1985 Chrome-plated steel, sheet steel, dark blue and blue leather, plastic castors. Adjust...
Metal
Daybed Flavigny by Jean Prouvé, France, 1950s
By Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Antwerp, BE
Midcentury Modern; Modernist Design; Cité Cansado; Charlotte Perriand; Jean Prouvé; Modernism; S.C.A.L Daybed; Bed; 1950s; Mid-20th Century; Type Flavigny; Daybed type Flavigny, des...
Metal
$41,128
H 33.86 in W 75.99 in D 31.11 in
Mid Century "No 17 / Fabert" Daybed by Jean Prouvé Produced in France, 1950s
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare "No 17 / Fabert" green lacquered aluminum daybed by Jean Prouvé produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, 1930s. In good vintage condition with a newer linen mattress. Dimensions...
Metal, Aluminum
Jean Prouvé “CPDE” Office Armchair, C.1934
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Structure in "Brun Van Dyck" lacquered steel, seat and back upholstered in brown leather. Jean Prouvé. Circa 1934. Bibliography : Jean Prouvé, Édition Galerie Patrick Seguin, Pa...
Steel
$45,000
H 55.12 in W 75.2 in D 20.08 in
Charlotte Perriand "Le Courbolay” Cupboard for Atelier Jean Prouvè, 1958
By Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Charlotte Perriand cupboard from the building “Le Courbolay” for Fabrications Ateliers Jean Prouvè, mahogany and lacquering, France, 1958. This Charlotte Perriand cupboard is charac...
Mahogany
Jean Prouve Standard Chair in Japanese Red
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed in 1934, this chair had three prototypes before finally coming to this version No. 4. This version and any afterward were then known as the "Standard" chair. This chair beca...
Steel
Jean Prouvé “Guéridon Cafétéria” Table, France
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully preserved example of Jean Prouvé’s Guéridon Cafétéria table, designed in the early 1950s for institutional and industrial environments. This model reflects Prouvé’s lif...
Steel
$27,027
H 73.23 in W 67.72 in D 3.15 in
French industrial brise-soleil aluminium panel by Jean Prouvè, 1956
By Jean Prouvé
Located in MIlano, IT
French industrial brise-soleil aluminium panel by Jean Prouvè, 1956. Aluminum panel or brise-soleil, from the facade of the school in Beziers, France. The structure is composed of a...
Aluminum
Engineer and metalsmith, self-taught designer and architect, manufacturer and teacher, Jean Prouvé was a key force in the evolution of 20th-century French design, introducing a style that combined economy of means and stylistic chic. Along with his frequent client and collaborator Le Corbusier and others, Prouvé, using his practical skills and his understanding of industrial materials, steered French modernism onto a path that fostered principled, democratic approaches to architecture and design.
Prouvé was born in Nancy, a city with a deep association with the decorative arts. (It is home, for example, to the famed Daum crystal manufactory.) His father, Victor Prouvé, was a ceramist and a friend and co-worker of such stars of the Art Nouveau era as glass artist Émile Gallé and furniture maker Louis Majorelle. Jean Prouvé apprenticed to a blacksmith, studied engineering, and produced ironwork for such greats of French modernism as the architect Robert Mallet-Stevens. In 1931, he opened the firm Atelier Prouvé. There, he perfected techniques in folded metal that resulted in his Standard chair (1934) and other designs aimed at institutions such as schools and hospitals.
During World War II, Prouvé was a member of the French Resistance, and his first postwar efforts were devoted to designing metal pre-fab housing for those left homeless by the conflict. In the 1950s, Prouvé would unite with Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret (Le Corbusier’s cousin) on numerous design projects. In 1952, he and Perriand and artist Sonia Delaunay created pieces for the Cité Internationale Universitaire foundation in Paris, which included the colorful, segmented bookshelves that are likely Prouvé’s and Perriand’s best-known designs. The pair also collaborated on 1954’s Antony line of furniture, which again, like the works on 1stDibs, demonstrated a facility for combining material strength with lightness of form.
Prouvé spent his latter decades mostly as a teacher. His work has recently won new appreciation: in 2008 the hotelier Andre Balazs purchased at auction (hammer price: just under $5 million) the Maison Tropicale, a 1951 architectural prototype house that could be shipped flat-packed, and was meant for use by Air France employees in the Congo. Other current Prouvé collectors include Brad Pitt, Larry Gagosian, Martha Stewart and the fashion designer Marc Jacobs.
The rediscovery of Jean Prouvé — given not only the aesthetic and practical power of his designs but also the social conscience his work represents — marks one of the signal “good” aspects of collecting vintage 20th-century design. An appreciation of Prouvé is an appreciation of human decency.
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