Cité Armchair - Vitra

Jean Prouvé, 1930.

Cité armchair.

The Cité armchair designed by Jean Prouvé for Vitra is one of his first masterpieces. Designed to equip the rooms of the student residence of the Cité Universitaire de Nancy, although he also used this comfortable and spacious armchair, with its characteristic powder-coated steel skids and leather straps as armrests, in the living room of his own home.

Developed by Jean Prouvé, the Fauteuil de Salon is a typical example of the unmistakable structural aesthetics of his designs. The discreet character of the armchair fits into a wide variety of interiors and its wide upholstery and armrests made of solid oil-treated wood convey a feeling of absolute comfort.

Jean Prouvé (1901-1984), architect, engineer and designer, strove to use highly developed technologies for metal processing, achieve innovative constructions and forms in his design and architectural work. He was instrumental in the development of construction techniques using lightweight prefabricated parts in architecture, drawing upon, among other things, ideas from aviation and the automotive industry. In his Ateliers Jean Prouvé, a company he founded in 1947, he began to produce not only lightweight components but also his own designs.

Upholstery: upholstery of the seat and backrest in one piece, made of fabric or leather.

Padding: adjustable height polyurethane foam cervical cushion.

Base: Formed steel sheet, powder coated (fine texture)

Glides: Optionally available with plastic carpet glides or felt glides for hard floors.

Measurements: backrest height 84 x seat height 21 x width: 68 x depth 95 cm.