1950s Parisian Experfi Bervete Drafting Chair S.G.D.G. Attributed to Jean Prouve

An extremely clean museum quality example. Made between 1951-1952, these are generally referred to as, '2nd generation.' These were also shipped from the Venice Eames Office like the...

Mid-Century and heavily patinated accent chair. Possibly French. Old repair to one of the spokes, pictured. Only one available.

Very rare Brazilian rosewood Danish designed square side table.

Charles and Ray Eames paw walnut dowel leg fiberglass swivel armchair for Zenith Plastics / Herman Miller Inc. A 1st generation/production rope edge fiberglass armchair example. Fr...

"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...

A rare and highly significant variant of the all-wood chair attributed to Jean Prouvé, this 1941 model was crafted by Vauconsant in Saint Nicolas de Port during a time of material sc...

A telescopic workshop chair, Modernist, Bauhaus, Constructivist, Reconstruction, metal structure with telescopic system, seat and reclining back in solid wood, to be attributed, Fran...

Jean Prouve 'Demountable' Wood Chair Model CB 22 c. 1950. Designed in 1947 and manufactured by Atelier Jean Prouvé until the studio’s closure in 1953. Solid wood, molded plywood, a...