Jean Prouvé (1901-1984)
Rare ‘Démontable’ Chair, Model No. 300, circa 1950-2
manufactured by Atelier Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France
birch plywood, folded steel sheet and tube enamelled in an attractive fern green
81cm high, 40cm wide, 47cm deep, seat height 48cm

Prouvé created the ‘demountable’ chair in response for a request from the Cafeteria des Arts et Métiers at the Cité Internationale Universitaire in Paris. The chairs were intended to be delivered in parts and easily assembled in situ. This model was later superseded by Prouvé’s ‘Metropole’ model 305 design which was more economical to produce, so only a few of this design were produced between 1950 and 1952. This early model also varies from later editions in the fin-like moulding of the steel tubing around the bend of the legs.

Literature:
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé. Œuvre Complète, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Birkhäuser, Bâle, 2005, pp. 204-205, n. 1206.4
Jean Prouvé, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2017, Volume. 1, pp. 79, 82-83

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