Pierre Paulin Chair

This is the best industrially speaking object i ve ever drawn the mushroom armchair is one of the world s most famous designs.

Pierre paulin chair. He spent his early childhood in laon dreaming of a different life far away from this working class city in northern france where the only future was either the military garrison or working in the railway factories. Born in paris in 1927 pierre paulin s father was a dentist and his mother of strict swiss german stock. Designer pierre paulin distinguished himself with this armchair in the original shape bright colours and revolutionary manufacturing technique for the time. Along with olivier mourgue paulin developed furnishings with flowing lines and almost surreal naturalistic forms and his work became such a byword for chic forward looking design and emerging technologies that two french presidents commissioned him to.

Pierre paulin 1927 made a considerable impression with a contemporary shell fauteuil at an international furniture show organised by kho liang le. Pierre paulin 1927 2009 lounge chair model tongue manufactured by artifort netherlands 1960s steel upholstery. After failing his baccalauréat pierre trained to become a ceramist in vallaurius on the french rivera and. He started successful collaborations with thonet france and artifort where the latter resulted in several iconic pieces such as the mushroom ribbon and tongue chairs all of which have become sought after.

A unique first edition from the private collection of former french president georges pompidou in the elysée palace. Pierre paulin 9 july 1927 13 june 2009 was a french furniture designer and interior designer his uncle georges paulin was a part time automobile designer and invented the mechanical retractible hardtop who was later executed by the nazis in 1941 as a hero of the french resistance. Pierre paulin introduced a fresh breeze into french furniture design in the 1960s and 70s fostering a sleek new space age aesthetic. Measurements 86 36 x 88 9 x 60 69 cm 34 x 35 x 24 in.

This marked the beginning of a long and fruitful collaboration. Through the 1950 s pierre paulin moved on to design furniture on his own and he began to experiment with stretchy extensible fabrics that could be drawn across a chair s armature. Shortly after the show he became a freelance designer for artifort. Provenance private collection france.

As suggested by its name soft organic round shapes and firm seating comfort all characterize the pumpkin collection. This re edition of this classic 1953 chair from pierre paulin respects the original design but makes it current with its larger proportions.