JEAN PROUVE, GRAND REPOS ARMCHAIR, TECTA, C. 1985

PROUVÉ Jean (1901-1984)

D80 Grand Repos armchair (design 1930)

Tecta edition, Germany, circa 1985

Chromed steel, steel plate, dark blue and blue leather, plastic casters. Adjustable inclination

Height. 90 x Length. 70 x Depth. 110 cm

Ref. 295

Details:

Jean Prouvé designed in 1930, the D80 armchair called Grand Repos for his personal use. There is only one original copy. Re-edited by Tecta in 1985, it is part of a first limited edition of 1000 copies.

Based on the first preparatory sketch by Jean Prouvé in 1930, this model was developed, produced and distributed under licence from Tecta. This exemplary from the first series, in which the side panels were welded to the armrest brackets and not - as in later series production - visibly screwed together.

Literature:

Jean Prouvé. Une architecture par l’industrie, Zurich 1971, p. 143

Tecta commercial catalog, circa 1985

Die Poetik des technischen Objekts, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein 2005, p. 307