ATELIERS JEAN PROUVÉ BASED ON A BASE MODEL ORIGINALLY DESIGNED BY JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984) Stool with backrest, produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé from [1954]. Two height-adjustable swivel work chairs. The quadripod bases are made of folded sheet steel and green stove-enamelled; each leg is finished with a circular metal glide. The central shafts are made up of two cylindrical parts in green-lacquered sheet steel, each with an internal screw thread system (one defective) for height adjustment. Footrests in curved lacquered steel blade, each with aluminum facing (missing); cylindrical coat hooks also in green lacquered sheet steel. Circular seats and slightly curved backrests in plywood; the backrests held in place by aluminum pastilles (missing and replaced on one of the seats). Cylindrical backrest support arms in green lacquered sheet steel. Circa 1954. Used condition, major wear and tear to the green lacquer, stains, scratches and wear to the plywood parts, original aluminum lozenges missing on one of the seats, defective height-adjustment system on one of the seats, missing aluminum strips on the footrests. Height: + or - 92 cm Seat diameter: 32 cm Archives : Archives Jean Prouvé - Départementales de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Nancy - The drawing of our stool model (with backrest) is kept in this institution under number 186.193. Bibliography : - Peter Sulzer - Jean Prouvé œuvre complète, vol.3, 1944-1954 - Éditions Birkhäuser, Basel, 2005. An identical model is reproduced on page 258 under reference and illustration 1239. - Jacques Barsac - Charlotte Perriand - L'œuvre complète, volume 3, 1956-1968 - Archives Charlotte Perriand & Éditions Norma, 2017. A seat described as a prototype for our model of stool with backrest featured in a photograph of Charlotte Perriand's apartment, located rue Las Cases Paris VII, reproduced on page 319.