$3,350
H 34.65 in W 19.69 in D 26.38 in
Jean Prouvé “Antony” Chair — Limited Edition, Red Frame / Plywood Seat
By Jean Prouvé, Vitra
Located in Dronten, NL
A rare limited-edition example of the iconic Antony Chair, originally designed in 1954 by Jean Prouvé and produced by Vitra.
Steel
$4,681
H 17.72 in W 16.54 in D 19.69 in
Jean Prouvé, Standard Chair Vitra G-Star RAW, Design Limited Edition 2011
By Jean Prouvé, Vitra
Located in Krefeld, DE
Jean Prouvé Standard Chair, Vitra × G-Star RAW, limited edition, 2011.
Steel
$7,608
H 17.52 in W 17.92 in D 17.92 in
Jean Prouvé, Tabouret 307, Limited G-Star RAW Edition, White/Black, Vitra, 2011
By G-Star RAW, Jean Prouvé, Vitra
Located in Krefeld, DE
Originally designed by Jean Prouvé in 1951, the Tabouret 307 is an iconic example of his functional and industrial approach to furniture design.
Metal
Limited Edition Jean Prouvé Fauteuil de Salon
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Dronten, NL
Rare limited edition Fauteuil de Salon, designed by Jean Prouvé in 1939.
Steel
Jean Prouvé, Fauteuil Kangourou Vitra Limited Edition
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Perpignan, FR
Limited edition. This one have the number 142. It is new.
Cotton
Jean Prouve Antony Chair from the Limited Edition Vitra Collection
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A limited production bent plywood chair with black painted steel frame and legs by designer Jean Prouve. To the seat are chromed heads holding the sculptural seat to the frame with l...
Steel
Pair of Limited Edition Jean Prouvé Fauteuil De Salon in Leather
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Dronten, NL
Rare set of 2 limited edition Fauteuil de Salon, designed by Jean Prouvé in 1939.
Steel
Limited Edition "Cité" Armchair in Leather by Jean Prouvé
By Jean Prouvé, Vitra
Located in Dronten, NL
The Cité armchair is an early masterpiece by the French designer and engineer Jean Prouvé. Originally designed to furnish the student residence halls at the Cité Universitaire in Nan...
Steel
Sold
H 29.53 in W 55.91 in D 19.3 in
Jean Prouvé Banc Marcoule, 1955, G-Star Raw for Vitra Limited Edition Bench
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Dronten, NL
Limited edition bench, made for one year only in 2012 by Vitra. Marked with G-Star Raw label. We offer museum quality crating and affordable worldwide shipping. Feel free to inquire!
Steel
Sold
H 33.08 in W 26.38 in D 33.08 in
Limited Edition "Cité" Armchair RAW Steel by Jean Prouvé for Vitra
By Jean Prouvé, Vitra
Located in Dronten, NL
This is the desirable Vitra limited RAW steel edition, in natural leather with a clear lacquered steel (metal brut) frame.
Steel
Sold
H 32.49 in W 26.78 in L 32.49 in
Jean Prouvé, Fauteuil De Salon by Vitra, Limited Edition Armchairs by G-Star
By Jean Prouvé, Vitra
Located in Munster, NRW
Developed by Jean Prouvé, the Fauteuil de Salon is a typical example of the distinctive structural aesthetic of his designs.
Steel
Jean Prouve Limited Edition Standard Chair by G-Star for Vitra
By Jean Prouvé, Vitra
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Standard chair G-Star raw by Jean Prouve. Manufactured by Vitra in limited edition.
Metal
Jean Prouvé Fauteuil Direction RAW Limited Edition
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Dronten, NL
Limited edition Fauteuil Direction designed by Jean Prouvé and made in 2011 by Vitra in collaboration with G-Star.
Steel
Jean Prouvé Fauteuil Direction RAW Limited Edition
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Dronten, NL
Limited edition Fauteuil Direction designed by Jean Prouvé and made in 2011 by Vitra in collaboration with G-Star.
Steel
Limited Edition Jean Prouvé Swing Jib Wall Light
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Dronten, NL
Limited edition Petit Potence lamp, designed by Jean Prouvé.
Steel
Jean Prouvé Lampe de Bureau RAW Limited Edition
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Dronten, NL
Jean Prouvé designed the Lampe de Bureau, a small table lamp, as part of the functional furnishings for the halls of residence at the Cité Universitaire in Nancy.
Steel
G-Star RAW Limited Edition Jean Prouvé Petit Potence
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Dronten, NL
Limited edition Petit Potence lamp, designed by Jean Prouvé.
Steel
Limited Edition "Standard" Chair by Prouve
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
licensed reissue of the iconic "Standard" chair by Jean Prouve, manufactured by Vitra, limited, out of production edition for G-Star, varnished oak seat and back with anthracite powd...
Oak
Sold
H 33.08 in W 26.38 in D 33.08 in
Limited Edition Armchairs "Fauteuil De Salon" in Leather by Jean Prouvé
By Jean Prouvé, Vitra
Located in Dronten, NL
Limited edition Fauteuil de Salon, designed by Jean Prouvé in 1939.
Steel
Sold
H 33.08 in W 26.38 in D 33.08 in
Limited Edition "Cité" Armchair RAW Steel by Jean Prouvé for Vitra
By Jean Prouvé, Vitra
Located in Dronten, NL
This is the desirable Vitra limited RAW edition, in natural oak with a clear lacquered steel (metal brut) frame.
Steel
Sold
H 33.08 in W 26.38 in D 33.08 in
Limited Edition Armchair "Fauteuil De Salon" in Two-tone Fabric by Jean Prouvé
By Jean Prouvé, Vitra
Located in Dronten, NL
Limited edition Fauteuil de Salon, designed by Jean Prouvé in 1939.
Steel
Sold
H 33.08 in W 26.78 in D 37.41 in
Limited edition Cité armchair by Jean Prouvé for Vitra x G-Star Raw #50
By Jean Prouvé, Vitra
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
Rare limited edition Cité armchair by Jean Prouvé for Vitra x G-Star Raw.
Metal
Limited Edition Jean Prouve Table
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Hudson, NY
Prouvé RAW Special Edition Table S.A.M. Tropique by Vitra, in a limited production made for one year only, now discontinued as of April 2013. Powder-coated moulded sheet steel base i...
Jean Prouvé- Fauteuil Kangourou, VITRA Limited Edition
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Untersiggenthal, AG
Vitra limited edition of 150 pieces worldwide. Dedar Fabric and Oak Wood Base. The chair is new and comes with complete documents by vitra.
Cotton
Jean Prouvé- Fauteuil Kangourou, VITRA Limited Edition
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Untersiggenthal, AG
Vitra limited edition of 150 pieces worldwide. Dedar Fabric and Oak Wood Base. The chair is new and comes with complete documents by vitra.
Cotton
Sold
H 31.89 in W 24.41 in D 25.6 in
Jean Prouvé Limited Edition Leather Steering Chair by G-Star for Vitra Desk
By Vitra, Jean Prouvé
Located in Roubaix, FR
Green leather and metal steering chair G-Star raw by Jean Prouvé. Manufactured by Vitra in limited edition, circa 2000.
Metal
$4,200
H 69.5 in W 27.5 in D 8.75 in
Isamu Noguchi for Akari / Ozeki lamp; Co. Horn floor lamp, model BB3-33S Japan
By Isamu Noguchi, Ozeki & Co. Ltd. 1
Located in Skokie, IL
Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) for Akari / Ozeki & Co. Horn floor lamp, model BB3-33S USA/Japan. More recent production dating to the 2000s. Materials: bamboo, washi paper, cast iron...
Steel
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool This White Oak Chile Counter Stool is beautifully constructed from solid wood in Ohio, USA. The stool is chunky and modern...
Wood, Oak
On Hold|$42,145 / set
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
$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 Jean Prouvé, Vitra
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
$1,360 / item
H 17.72 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Jean Prouvé Tabouret Solvay / Bois Stool in Solid Natural Walnut by Vitra
By Jean Prouvé, Vitra
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The Tabouret Bois (Solvay) is designed by Jean Prouvé and manufactured by Vitra. The design of the Tabouret Bois clearly bears the signature of Jean Prouvé. The shape is based on the...
Metal
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
$20,487
H 32.29 in W 16.15 in D 20.48 in
Jean Prouvé Chaise mod. Standard dite "Tout Bois", France 1941
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Jean PROUVÉ (1901 -1984) - Chaise standard dite "Tout Bois" SOLID WOOD AND PLYWOOD "TOUT BOIS" CHAIR BY JEAN PROUVE - 1941 H : 82 cm W: 41 cm D: 52 cm Bibliographie : "Jean Prouv...
Oak, Plywood
$42,145
H 13.78 in W 1.58 in D 40.95 in
Mid-Century 1959 Vintage Jean Prouvé 'Petite Potence' Wall Lamp (Yellow)
By Jean Prouvé
Located in London, GB
Jean Prouvé has become a leading figure in the history of design and has worked alongside Le Corbusier, Perriand, and Mallet-Stevens. Famous for applying industrial technology and pr...
Metal
$33,365
H 59.06 in W 14.57 in D 5.12 in
French Mid Century Ventilation Shutter by Jean Prouvé for CIMT France, 1950s
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Stockholm, SE
A very rare French mid century architectural "areator" ventilation shutter panel in naturally patinated aluminum by Jean Prouvé for the C.I.M.T in France, 1950s. In great original co...
Aluminum
$111,216 / set
H 31.89 in W 16.54 in D 19.3 in
Pair of French Mid Century Dark Grey Wooden Metropole 305 Chairs by Jean Prouvé
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Stockholm, SE
A very rare and iconic pair of French mid century "Metropole 305 / standard chairs" by Jean Prouvé in the not often seen grey lacquered metal frames and dark stained plywood seats an...
Metal
$7,609
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
$1,015Sale Price / item|30% Off
H 7.88 in W 49.22 in D 49.22 in
Vintage Iconic French Industrial Wall Lamp By constructeur Jean Prouve.
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Søborg, DK
Iconic French industrial work lamp by Jean Prouve. With a beautiful dark age related wear and patina to the surfaces. Still with traces of the original paint. Rewired and fitted w...
Iron
Charlotte Perriand Shelf, Les Arcs
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Charlotte Perriand shelf made for Les Arcs ski resort. Circa 1960s. Solid slab of Pine wood secured onto a steel frame glazed in a white ceramic. Incredible patina and presence....
Metal
Jules Leleu & Jean Prouvé Dayed
By Jean Prouvé, Jules Leleu
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Jules Leleu & Ateliers Jean Prouvé — Modernist Daybed, France 1930's A rare collaboration between Art Deco master Jules Leleu and metalwork pioneer Jean Prouvé, designed for the Mar...
Steel
$277,000
H 27.96 in W 92.13 in D 42.52 in
Charlotte Perriand Forme Libre Table / Authentic Mid-Century Modern Paris 1957
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Zürich, CH
Sculptural qualities define this object. A vivid dynamic between the different volumes and surfaces, showing different qualities from different angles. Its expressive form offers a c...
Mahogany
$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
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.
Find antique Jean Prouvé chairs, tables, chaise longues and other furniture on 1stDibs.
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.
Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.
With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.