Jean Raymond Picard, chaise, S.E.T&T. ed., France, circa 1950

René-Jean Caillette (1919-2004) RJC folding and reversible chair VIA éditeur, France, 1986 Varnished and black-tinted medium, chromed steel wire Height 88 x Width 45 x Depth 45 cm Tw...

Christian Adam (1938-) Set of four Trèfle chairs Airborne edition, circa 1968 White polyester gelcoat, foam and blue fabric Maison Kvadrat W. 50 x H. 77x ...

Annick et Samuel Coriat, set of 8 chairs, Artelano ed., circa 1980 Black lacquered metal, chipboard, foam and black skai fabric Height 75 x Width 40 x Depth 40 cm ARTELANO is a Fr...

GAILLARD Claude Compétition chair, TT2000 range, DMU éditeur, France, circa 1960 Polished cast aluminum, fiberglass seat and back, restored foam and fabric (choice of fabric) Three...

Tripod "tabouret" stool by Jean Raymond Picard, also the author of the first French green fiberglass chair of the 1950s. Both are known to have...

Tripod "tabouret" stool by Jean Raymond Picard, also the author of the first French red fiberglass chair of the 1950s. Both are known to have been ...

A rare, early example of "tabourets", three-legged stools by Jean Raymond Picard. He also designed the first French chair made of fibreglass (in matching design). Both are known as manufacturers of "S.E.T.A.", a French furnishing...

"Tout Bois” armchair - 1940/50s - Armchair in stained Beech, recognizable base profile, curved armrests, oval backrest and seat in thermoformed Beech plywood, visible screws. Attributed to the Ateliers Jean Prouvé - Based on previous sales, their provenance, and verification by the particular gallery. Provenance: Medical university near Paris. Normal wear and tear due to age - very good condition. Overall dimensions: Depth: +/- 43 cm Width: +/- 53 cm Height: +/- 81 cm Jean Prouvé's "Tout Bois" chair was an all-wood version of his famous steel "Standard Chair." Because the exigencies of world war made supplies of steel unobtainable in 1942, Prouvé redesigned the chair to use as little metal as possible (the eight screws which fasten the seat and back are the only parts not made of wood). The switch from steel to wood gave Prouvé an opportunity to experiment with traditional furniture-making methods that were paradoxically new to him, the Machine Age Pioneer. Lovely through-tenons conspicuously join the horizontal members (that support the seat) to the rear legs, and also the front cross-bar to the front legs. Though consistent with the modernist ethic of structural honesty, such labor-intensive joinery links Prouvé to the craftsmen of an older era...