Jean Prouvé “Guéridon Cafétéria” Table, France
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully preserved example of Jean Prouvé’s Guéridon Cafétéria table, designed in the early 1950s for institutional and industrial environments.
Steel
Jean Prouvé ‘Compas’ Cafétéria Table, Model No. 512
Located in New York, NY
Jean Prouvé was a pioneering French designer, engineer, and architect known for his innovative approach to modern furniture and construction.
Metal
Brise-Soleil Panel by Jean Prouvé, Steel & Glass, France, 1964
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This exceptional steel and glass brise-soleil panel was designed in 1964 by Jean Prouvé for the cafeteria of the Saint-Joseph Institution in Nancy.
Aluminum, Steel
Unavailable
H 27.56 in W 45.28 in D 31.5 in
Cafeteria Table N. 512, "Compas Table" by Jean Prouve, circa 1953, France
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Barcelona, ES
Compas table, model Cafétéria n. 512 table, designed by Jean Prouvé Bent sheet steel and laminated wood.
Steel
Unavailable
H 27.56 in W 44.1 in D 27.56 in
Small Cafeteria Table a.k.a "Compas" Designed by Jean Prouve, circa 1950, France
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Barcelona, ES
Small Cafétéria table a.k.a "Compas" designed by Jean Prouvé.
Wood, Bentwood
Sold
H 31.89 in W 15.75 in D 18.12 in
Jean Prouvé, Rare 'Démontable' Cafeteria Chair, model 300, circa 1950-2
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) 'Démontable' Chair, Model No. 300, circa 1950-2 manufactured by Atelier Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France ash plywood, folded steel sheet and tube enamelled in origi...
Steel
Jean Prouve 'cafeteria Demountable Chair , No. 300
Located in Los Angeles, CA
a rare 'demountable' chair by jean prouve in original brownish eggplant finish.
Steel
Jean Prouve Gueridon Cafeteria Table, France, 1950
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
jean prouve's cafeteria table , no. 511 , with original aluminum base & black formica top.
Aluminum
Jean Prouvé, Aluminum "Cafeteria" Table, circa 1953
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Brooklyn, NY
No. 511 "Cafeteria" table by Jean Prouvé from the Restaurant de l'enterprise Pechiney, Paris, circa 1953 Aluminum, wood and melamine.
Sold
H 29.5 in W 34.25 in D 34.25 in
Jean Prouve Gueridon de Cafeteria for Jean Prouve Ateliers, France 1955
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jean Prouve's gueridon in original finish and laminated top.
Metal
Jean Prouve 'Compas' Cafeteria Table , France 1953
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
jean prouve 'compas' table , private collection.paris , france.
Wood
Jean Prouvé Guéridon de Cafétéria ca. 1955
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Paris, FR
Occasional table with a square wooden plated with black apparent formica top resting on four tapering legs linked by a crosspiece in the same material. Provenance : Cameroun, cir...
$1,460 / item
H 32.25 in W 16.5 in D 19.25 in
Jean Prouvé Standard Chair in Natural Oak and Gray Metal for Vitra
By Vitra, Jean Prouvé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jean Prouvé Standard chair in natural oak and gray metal for Vitra. The Standard chair is an early masterpiece by the French designer and engineer Jean Prouvé. Originally designed ...
Steel
LU Louis Sconce AS
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome LU Louis sconce AS. An all brass wall sconce in an aged silver finish with patterned perforations by Lumfardo Luminaires. Made contemporary in the US. Multiples available fo...
Brass, Nickel
$8,242 / item
H 43.71 in W 114.97 in D 13.39 in
Charlotte Perriand Nuage À Plots for Cassina, Italy, new
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Berlin, DE
Prices vary dependent on the material/color/model of the product. Nuage à Plots by Charlotte Perriand belongs to a select group of furnishings that are archetypal in the way of inte...
Aluminum
$105,600
H 65.75 in W 59.85 in D 18.51 in
Pierre Jeanneret PJ-R-26-A Aluminium Book Case / Authentic Mid-Century Modern
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Zürich, CH
That is a one-of-a-kind piece. Unique and outstanding, it holds a museum exhibit quality. An artefact for collectors and connoisseurs. A piece without any compromises. Highly valuabl...
Aluminum
Pierre Jeanneret - Authentic PJ-TAT-08-B
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Hasselt, VLI
Teak Library Table circa 1955–56 by Pierre Jeanneret - model PJ-TAT-08-B This model was produced in several variants and dimensions for Chandigarh’s public institutions. The detacha...
Teak
$34,197
H 27.96 in W 96.46 in D 27.96 in
Charlotte Perriand Brasil dining table produced by Sentou, France, 1970s
By Charlotte Perriand, Robert Sentou
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
Large Solid Mahogany Table, Brazil Model, Designed by Charlotte Perriand, Produced by Sentou, in the 1970s This large geometric table features a substantial tabletop supported by fo...
Wood
On Hold|$76,649
H 18.9 in W 27.96 in D 22.05 in
An Authentic Utö table by Axel Einar Hjorth for Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1932
By Axel Einar Hjorth, Nordiska Kompaniet
Located in Hønefoss, 30
A rare and authentic version of the iconic Utö table designer Axel Einar Hjorth, manufactured by Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1932. This particular Utö represents one of the rarer and...
Pine
Charlotte Perriand Berger Stool
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A beautiful example of Charlotte Perriand's Berger stool--her famous modernist interpretation of the classic tripod wood milking stool. This particular stool shows considerable wea...
Hardwood
$20,636
H 32.29 in W 16.15 in D 20.48 in
Jean Prouvé Chaise mod. Standard dite "Tout Bois", France 1941
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Jean PROUVÉ (1901 -1984) - Chaise standard dite "Tout Bois" SOLID WOOD AND PLYWOOD "TOUT BOIS" CHAIR BY JEAN PROUVE - 1941 H : 82 cm W: 41 cm D: 52 cm Bibliographie : "Jean Prouv...
Oak, Plywood
Jean Prouvé - panneaux façade Saint Egrève 1960
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Perpignan, FR
Rare panneaux "fenêtre" double face Jean Prouvé pour Studal . 1960 - Bâtiment technique de Saint Egrève Bon état général - a nettoyer Plus d'informations sur demande
Aluminum
Pierre Jeanneret Dining Table
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pierre Jeanneret Dining Table
Teak
$38,914 / set
H 33.08 in W 78.75 in D 66.93 in
Pierre Chapo, S35 & T35 Corner Dining Set in French Elm, France - 1980s
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Renens, CH
Vintage Pierre Chapo S35 “Banc à dos droit” or Straight-back bench executed in French elm combined with the T35 “Aban” dining table. As with all furniture by Chapo, this piece shows...
Elm
$1,015Sale Price / item|30% Off
H 7.88 in W 49.22 in D 49.22 in
Vintage Iconic French Industrial Wall Lamp By constructeur Jean Prouve.
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Søborg, DK
Iconic French industrial work lamp by Jean Prouve. With a beautiful dark age related wear and patina to the surfaces. Still with traces of the original paint. Rewired and fitted w...
Iron
A set of 8 Axel Einar Hjorth Utö chairs
By NK (Nordiska Kompaniet), Axel Einar Hjorth
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Utö/Uto pine chair by Axel-Einar Hjorth, Sweden, circa 1933. Produced by Nordiska Kompaniet. A set of 2 in total. Purchased for a sports cabin on the Kulla Peninsula, Skåne. A chai...
Pine
Le Corbusier LC-LU-06-A / Authentic Wall Lamp LC-II
By Le Corbusier
Located in Zürich, CH
Here the silhouette is strong. It is presented through the outline and shape of the piece. It demonstrates different visual qualities from different angles. That is a one-of-a-kind p...
Metal, Aluminum
$7,664
H 35.44 in W 27.56 in D 43.31 in
Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) Grand Repos armchair (creation 1930) Tecta ed., c.1985
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Paris, FR
Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) Grand Repos armchair (creation 1930) Tecta edition, Germany, circa 1985 Chrome-plated steel, sheet steel, dark blue and blue leather, plastic castors. Adjust...
Metal
Engineer and metalsmith, self-taught designer and architect, manufacturer and teacher, Jean Prouvé was a key force in the evolution of 20th-century French design, introducing a style that combined economy of means and stylistic chic. Along with his frequent client and collaborator Le Corbusier and others, Prouvé, using his practical skills and his understanding of industrial materials, steered French modernism onto a path that fostered principled, democratic approaches to architecture and design.
Prouvé was born in Nancy, a city with a deep association with the decorative arts. (It is home, for example, to the famed Daum crystal manufactory.) His father, Victor Prouvé, was a ceramist and a friend and co-worker of such stars of the Art Nouveau era as glass artist Émile Gallé and furniture maker Louis Majorelle. Jean Prouvé apprenticed to a blacksmith, studied engineering, and produced ironwork for such greats of French modernism as the architect Robert Mallet-Stevens. In 1931, he opened the firm Atelier Prouvé. There, he perfected techniques in folded metal that resulted in his Standard chair (1934) and other designs aimed at institutions such as schools and hospitals.
During World War II, Prouvé was a member of the French Resistance, and his first postwar efforts were devoted to designing metal pre-fab housing for those left homeless by the conflict. In the 1950s, Prouvé would unite with Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret (Le Corbusier’s cousin) on numerous design projects. In 1952, he and Perriand and artist Sonia Delaunay created pieces for the Cité Internationale Universitaire foundation in Paris, which included the colorful, segmented bookshelves that are likely Prouvé’s and Perriand’s best-known designs. The pair also collaborated on 1954’s Antony line of furniture, which again, like the works on 1stDibs, demonstrated a facility for combining material strength with lightness of form.
Prouvé spent his latter decades mostly as a teacher. His work has recently won new appreciation: in 2008 the hotelier Andre Balazs purchased at auction (hammer price: just under $5 million) the Maison Tropicale, a 1951 architectural prototype house that could be shipped flat-packed, and was meant for use by Air France employees in the Congo. Other current Prouvé collectors include Brad Pitt, Larry Gagosian, Martha Stewart and the fashion designer Marc Jacobs.
The rediscovery of Jean Prouvé — given not only the aesthetic and practical power of his designs but also the social conscience his work represents — marks one of the signal “good” aspects of collecting vintage 20th-century design. An appreciation of Prouvé is an appreciation of human decency.
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