OLIVIER MOURGUE, Montréal Armchairs, Airborne Edition, 1967

Details

ARC–Mobilier National collection, inventory no. GMT-22591-014. The model was commissioned for the reception room of the French pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal.

The prototypes were developed and executed by the Atelier de Recherche et de Création from Olivier Mourgue’s drawings. The first production run was entrusted to Airborne: thirty armchairs, ten ottomans and six coffee tables bearing the “Mobilier national” label.

Literature

Meubles et décors, no. 840, August–September 1968.
Airborne trade catalogue, 1970.
Japan Interior Design, special issue, 1971.
Mobilier national 1964-2004, 40 ans de création, catalogue.

Biography

A graduate of the École Boulle and later a student at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Olivier Mourgue (born 1939) designed the Joker range for Airborne from 1959. His collaboration with the manufacturer continued for nearly twenty years through the Whist, Djinn, Montréal and Bouloum series.

Close to Jean Coural, he also worked with the Atelier de Recherche et Création of the Mobilier National and, together with Pierre Paulin, contributed to the design of the cafeteria at the Maison de la Culture in Rennes.

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