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- Vitra has re-released Jean Prouvé’s Antony Chair, recognized for its relaxed form and purple particulars, making the primary chair within the Vitra Design Museum Assortment out there once more.
- Created within the early Fifties for the Cité Universitaire in Antony, France, this reissued piece is completely out there at Aram till December 2025.
Swiss furnishings producer and design archive Vitra has reissued one of many final items to be designed by famend French designer and engineer Jean Prouvé. The Antony Chair, reprised in its unique relaxed type with daring purple {hardware}, reintroduces the first-ever chair to be included within the Vitra Design Museum Assortment to a brand new era of design lovers.
Initially designed within the early 50s for the Cité Universitaire in Antony, France, Ateliérs Jean Prouvé gained the bid to furnish 150 rooms on the period’s largest pupil residence in Europe. Resembling iconic items just like the Compas Course desk, the chair options powder-coated legs in Prouvé’s signature purple hue Rouge Corsaire, a transverse tubular brace system, and a pair of metallic brackets to assist the European pine seat. With its distinctive grain, the plywood shell is protected with a wax end, additional emboldening the pure grain.
It was 1984 when Rolf Fehlbaum, Chairman Emeritus of Vitra, acquired an unique mannequin, which turned the inaugural chair to be included into the Vitra Design Museum Assortment. From that time onward, the Prouvé household and Vitra constructed a robust relationship, ensuing within the a sequence of reissues of Prouvé beloved designs and a 2006 exhibition devoted to his legacy.
See the gallery above for a more in-depth have a look at Vitra’s newest version. of the Antony Chair. The piece is accessible now exlusivly at Aram till the top of December 2025, every with its personal numbered label.
