From the Archive: Antony Chair

Production Period: 2000 to 2012, 2019

The Antony chair was developed by Jean Prouvé in the early 1950s for the Cité Universitaire in Antony near Paris. It is one of the last works of the French designer and engineer in the field of furniture design. The striking, load-bearing metal structure of Antony relates structurally to the Compas Direction table: a crosswise tubular brace stabilizes the legs, and two strong side sheet-metal profiles support the dynamically curved molded plywood seat shell.

Archive Object: Antony Chair

Vitra produced Antony in series from 2000 to 2012. It is currently no longer part of the Prouvé collection, but it remains important—not only for design history but also for Vitra’s company history, as it was the first chair to be included in the Vitra Design Museum’s collection. If you would like to be informed about reissues or other news related to the product, please let us know.

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For over two decades, the Vitra Design Museum has been making miniature replicas of milestones in furniture design from its collection. The Miniatures Collection encapsulates the entire history of industrial furniture design – moving from Historicism and Art Nouveau to the Bauhaus and New Objectivity, from Radical Design and Postmodernism all the way up to the present day.

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Jean Prouvé

Jean Prouvé, who regarded himself as an engineer throughout his lifetime, was both the designer and manufacturer of his product ideas. His unique oeuvre, ranging from a letter opener to door and window fittings, from lighting and furniture to prefabricated houses and modular building systems, encompasses almost anything that is suited to industrial production and construction.