Grand Prix (chair)

The Grand Prix is a stackable plywood chair, the Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen designed in 1957 and presented at the Spring Exhibition at the Danish arts and crafts in Kunstindustrimuseet in Copenhagen.

Development

Originally referred to as the model 3130, the chair was given the new name after it. , The "Grand Prix" at the XI Triennale di Milano in 1957 won. From design and production of her chair made ​​of beech or teak is similar to the other chair designs Jacobsen from this period, such as the Series 7, designed in 1955 and are also manufactured by Fritz Hansen A / S. Initially, the chair was available with wooden legs and with a metal substructure. The wooden legs were not subsequently produced, so that the chair even more accessible to the Series 7, with whom he also shares the shape of the lower half of the shell.

The surface of the seat is stained, painted or covered with fabrics or leather fully or partially based. The chair is 50 cm wide, 52 cm deep and with a seat height of 44 cm 78 cm high.