Chaise Tout Bois

Chaise Tout Bois is the main chair by the French ‘constructeur’ and designer Jean Prouvé that is made completely out of wood.‎ The design is basically the same as Prouvé’s renowned Standard chair, yet wood was fill in for the metal base because of the shortage of metal during the Second World War.‎ The type of the Chaise Tout Bois verbalizes Prouvé’s expectation to give added strength at the progress point between the seat and backrest, where the heap weight of the human life systems is greatest.‎ The profile of the back outline segment – back legs and backrest support – makes reference to this heap move and is a regular attribute of Prouvé’s designs for both furnishings and architecture.‎ The picked kind of wood relied upon what was accessible at the time.‎ After the conflict, there was indeed an adequate stockpile of oak, which because of its hardness and strength was generally utilized in France to build boats and church roofs.‎ As these properties are additionally great for an all-wood chair, the Chaise Tout Bois was at last made out of oak and plywood – additionally presented in dull finished adaptations when mentioned by Jean Prouvé’s customers.‎ In 1947, Prouvé won an honor for the Chaise Tout Bois in the ‘Meubles de France’ competition.‎ The idea of the opposition was to discover alluring, top caliber, efficiently manufactured goods to meet the post-war needs of society – especially evacuees and youthful wedded couples.‎ Later the Chaise Tout Bois was supplanted by a thump down rendition in metal and wood, which was then superseded by Model No.‎ 305, similarly consolidating a metal base with a wooden seat and backrest – referred to now as the Standard chair.‎ Chaise Tout Bois by Vitra relates to one of Jean Prouvé’s design variations from 1941, whose development doesn’t need a solitary screw.‎ The stature and seat calculation are as old as of the Standard chair and accordingly meet momentum standards and requirements.‎ The warm look and feel of wood stands out imperatively from the viable foundational layout, which is ordinary of Prouvé’s practical approach.‎ Chaise Tout Bois is accessible in light oak or dim finished oak.‎ Materials – Seat and backrest: formed plywood veneer in normal or dim finished oak, defensive regular polish finish.‎ – Base: non-stackable solid wood base; same sort of wood as backrest and seat in regular or dim finished oak, defensive normal enamel finish.‎ – Origin of wood: solid oak (Quercus robur) from Croatia, veneer wood from the USA.‎