Vitra Reissues One of Jean Prouvé’s Final Designs: The Antony Chair
Reintroducing the first-ever chair included in the Vitra Design Museum.
Summary
- Vitra has re-released Jean Prouvé’s Antony Chair, known for its relaxed shape and red details, making the first chair in the Vitra Design Museum Collection available again.
- Created in the early 1950s for the Cité Universitaire in Antony, France, this reissued piece is exclusively available at Aram until December 2025.
Swiss furniture manufacturer and design archive Vitra has reissued one of the last pieces to be designed by renowned French designer and engineer Jean Prouvé. The Antony Chair, reprised in its original relaxed form with bold red hardware, reintroduces the first-ever chair to be included in the Vitra Design Museum Collection to a new generation of design lovers.
Originally designed in the early 50s for the Cité Universitaire in Antony, France, Ateliérs Jean Prouvé won the bid to furnish 150 rooms at the era’s largest student residence in Europe. Resembling iconic pieces like the Compas Direction table, the chair features powder-coated legs in Prouvé’s signature red hue Rouge Corsaire, a transverse tubular brace system, and a pair of metal brackets to support the European pine seat. With its distinctive grain, the plywood shell is protected with a wax finish, further emboldening the natural grain.
It was 1984 when Rolf Fehlbaum, Chairman Emeritus of Vitra, acquired an original model, which became the inaugural chair to be incorporated into the Vitra Design Museum Collection. From that point onward, the Prouvé family and Vitra built a strong relationship, resulting in the a series of reissues of Prouvé beloved designs and a 2006 exhibition dedicated to his legacy.
See the gallery above for a closer look at Vitra’s latest edition. of the Antony Chair. The piece is available now exlusivly at Aram until the end of December 2025, each with its own numbered label.
