The Chaise Tout Bois was designed by the French designer Jean Prouvé in 1941 and is now produced by Vitra. It is one of Prouvé’s most popular and impressive wooden designs and assembled without a single screw or metal fixing. At the time of the design there was a great scarcity of metal due to World War II. Inspired by traditional Japanese joinery, a wooden jigsaw concept substituted all the metal parts of the chair to create Chaise Tout Bois - an all-wood chair.
The form of Chaise Tout Bois articulates Prouvé’s intention to provide added strength at the transition point between the seat and backrest, where the load weight of human anatomy is greatest. After he created several prototypes, he solved the weight distribution by creating lightweight front legs and thick curved back legs for support.
In 1947, Prouvé won an award for Chaise Tout Bois in the ‘Meubles de France’ competition in recognition of its attractive, high-quality, mass-produced furnishing. The warm look and feel of wood contrast appealingly with the chair’s functional and structural design which is perfectly fitting around any home interior.
The Chaise Tout Bois was designed by the French designer Jean Prouvé in 1941 and is now produced by Vitra. It is one of Prouvé’s most popular and impressive wooden designs and assembled without a single screw or metal fixing. At the time of the design there was a great scarcity of metal due to World War II. Inspired by traditional Japanese joinery, a wooden jigsaw concept substituted all the metal parts of the chair to create Chaise Tout Bois - an all-wood chair.
The form of Chaise Tout Bois articulates Prouvé’s intention to provide added strength at the transition point between the seat and backrest, where the load weight of human anatomy is greatest. After he created several prototypes, he solved the weight distribution by creating lightweight front legs and thick curved back legs for support.
In 1947, Prouvé won an award for Chaise Tout Bois in the ‘Meubles de France’ competition in recognition of its attractive, high-quality, mass-produced furnishing. The warm look and feel of wood contrast appealingly with the chair’s functional and structural design which is perfectly fitting around any home interior.
Jean Prouvé Chaise Tout Bois
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Vitra
This product is designed by
Jean Prouvé
Jean Prouvé completed his training as a metal artisan before opening his own workshop in Nancy in 1924. In the following years he created numerous furniture designs, and in 1947 Prouvé established his own factory.
He left his mark on architectural history again in 1971, when he played a major role in selecting the design of Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers for the Centre Pompidou as chairman of the competition jury. Prouvé's work encompasses a wide range of objects, from a letter opener to door and window fittings, lighting and furniture, façade elements and prefabricated houses / modular building systems to large exhibition structures – essentially, almost anything that is suited to industrial production methods.
