Jean Prouvé (1901-1984)
Original S.C.A.L. daybed
designed in 1953 and made by the Ateliers Prouvé in France 1950s.

Folded sheet metal frame with tube legs, oak head and foot boards with rivets and the original triangular pivoting side table designed by Charlotte Perriand. New calico covered mattress and bolster cushion.

This model is one of several variations designed by Prouvé for La Société Centrale des Alleges Lègers (S.C.A.L.). This is design no. 1140.4, medium size, measuring 90cm wide, 195cm long, as illustrated in the catalogue raisonné by Peter Sulzer, 2005, Vol. 3, p.166.