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Attributed to Jean Prouvé - Tout Bois - Wooden Armchair - France circa 1950s

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"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 that of his father Victor Prouvé. While made entirely of oak, this war-time iteration of the "Standard Chair" retains Jean Prouvé's signature rear legs that emphatically express the structural loads of the chair. Thus the distinctive profile is no less confidently architectural than the "pilotis" of a Le Corbusier building. This may explain Le Corbusier's original choice of these chairs for use in his famous postwar Unité d'Habitation, in Marseilles. All of the early photographs of the interiors of this most influential of Le Corbusier buildings show Prouvé's "Tout Bois" chairs used exclusively in both the dining areas and the bedrooms.
  • Attributed to:
    Jean Prouvé (Designer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 31.89 in (81 cm)Width: 20.87 in (53 cm)Depth: 16.93 in (43 cm)Seat Height: 16.54 in (42 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 2
  • Style:
    Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Bentwood,Plywood,Wood,Laminated
  • Place of Origin:
    France
  • Period:
    Mid-20th Century
  • Date of Manufacture:
    Circa 1950
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Great condition, lovely patina, and is ready to use.
  • Seller Location:
    Hasselt, BE
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU6495230483612

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