Description
Description
The Standard Chair is one of several office chairs designed by Jean Prouvé from 1930 in the course of his investigations into furniture for the Cité Universitaire de Nancy. Trained as a blacksmith, Prouvé went on to create products using the folded sheet metal technique he developed in his Nancy workshops. Noticing that chairs take most of their stress on the back legs, he used his folded sheet metal technique on several chairs, including the Standard Chair. While steel tubing suffices for the front legs, the back legs are made of voluminous hollow sections that transfer the load to the floor. Now reissued by Vitra, this chair is once again available to those who love functional furniture with simple shapes. It is perfect either around a dining room table or as a small desk chair.
