"Antony" or "Light" Chair no. 356
Jean Prouvé
French, 1901–1984
1954
A lightweight lounge chair in enameled steel and molded beech plywood by Jean Prouvé, designed as an economical, comfortable seating solution using engineering-led simplicity and easy manufacture.
The thin, continuous plywood shell curves from a high, cradling back to a tipped-up seat edge that seems to float on an X-shaped black steel frame, the warm wood grain contrasting sharply with the machine-made legs.
It exemplifies Prouvé’s postwar fusion of engineering and design—using structural honesty and industrial techniques to democratize modern furniture and influence later generations of makers.
Medium
Enameled steel and molded beech plywood
Dimensions
34 1/2 x 19 5/8 x 26" (87.6 x 49.8 x 66 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Barbara Jakobson
Accession
358.2004
Palette
Exhibitions
