Standard, Standard SP
Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard, Standard SP, Chaise Tout Bois
Chairs take the most stress on their back
legs, where they bear the weight of the
user‘s upper body. The engineer and
designer Jean Prouvé illustrated this
simple insight in his distinctive design for
the Standard chair: while steel tubing
suffices for the front legs, since they bear
a relatively light load, the back legs are
made of voluminous hollow sections that
transfer the primary stress to the floor.
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Standard is offered with a seat and
backrest in wood or as the model
Standard SP in ASA plastic. In addition,
there is the all-wood Chaise Tout Bois,
whose design is very similar to the
Standard chair. During World War II, Jean
Prouvé responded to the limited supply of
metal with a version made entirely out of
veneer and solid wood.
Jean Prouvé
Jean Prouvé, who regarded himself as an modular building systems, encompasses
engineer throughout his lifetime, was both almost anything that is suited to industrial
the designer and manufacturer of his production and construction.
product ideas. His unique oeuvre,
ranging from a letter opener to door and
window fittings, from lighting and
furniture to prefabricated houses and
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Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950

The seat and backrest of the Standard chair Materials

by Jean Prouvé are available in various ∏ Seat and backrest: oak (natural or dark fi-
types of robust wood, and the chair‘s striking nish) or walnut (black-pigmented finish), USA.
metal frame comes in different colours. This ∏ Base: bent sheet steel and tubular steel,
understated, iconic design is a famous powder-coated finish (smooth).
classic by the French ‚constructeur‘.

DIMENSIONS (in accordance with EN 1335-1)

400 15¾” 450 17¾”

365 14¼”
820 32¼”

465 18¼”

420 16½” 490 19¼”

Standard

SURFACES AND COLOURS

88
ecru powder-
coated (smooth)

10 06
natural oak, Japanese red
with protective powder-coated
varnish (smooth)

45 40
black chocolate powder-
pigmented coated (smooth)
walnut

04 12
dark oak, with deep black
protective powder-coated
varnish (smooth)

Back and seat (Standard) Base (Standard)

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Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950

Made of high quality plastic, the seat match those of the EM Table with Materials
shell and backrest of the Standard SP high-pressure laminate top, but also suit ∏ Seat and backrest: ASA plastic (fine-
(Siège en Plastique) chair by Jean Prouvé many other tables. textured).
are available in a range of contemporary ∏ Base: bent sheet steel and tubular steel,
colours. This gives the iconic classic a powder-coated finish (textured).
fresh and modern look. The colour options

DIMENSIONS (in accordance with EN 1335-1)

400 15¾” 450 17¾”

365 14¼”
820 32¼”

465 18¼”

420 16½” 490 19¼”

Standard SP

SURFACES AND COLOURS

92 91
citron mint powder-
coated (tex-
tured)

31 69 35
warm grey marron basalt
powder-coated
(textured)

74 87 12 88
olive teak brown deep black ecru powder-
powder-coated coated (tex-
(textured) tured)

35 12 40 06
basalt deep black chocolate Japanese red
powder-coated powder-coated
(textured) (textured)

Back and seat (Standard SP) Base (Standard SP)

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Jean Prouvé, 1941

Chaise Tout Bois is the only chair by the Chaise Tout Bois by Vitra corresponds to
French ‚constructeur‘ and designer Jean one of Jean Prouvé‘s design variants from
Prouvé that is made entirely out of wood. 1941, whose construction does not require
The design is very similar to Prouvé‘s a single screw. The height and seat
famous Standard chair, but wood was geometry are the same as those of the
substituted for the metal base due to the Standard chair and thus meet current
scarcity of metal during the Second norms and requirements. The warm look
World War. and feel of wood contrasts appealingly
with the practical structural design, which
is typical of Prouvé‘s functional approach.
Chaise Tout Bois is available in light oak
or dark-stained oak.
Materials
∏∏ Seat and backrest: moulded plywood
veneer in natural or dark-stained oak, protec-
tive natural lacquer finish.
∏∏ Base: non-stackable solid wood base; same
type of wood as backrest and seat in natural
or dark-stained oak, protective natural
lacquer finish.
∏∏ Origin of wood: solid oak (Quercus robur)
from Croatia, veneer wood from the USA.

DIMENSIONS (in accordance with EN 1335-1)

390 15½” 425 16¾”

340 13½”
805 31¾”

805 31¾”
460 18¼”

460 18¼” 490 19½”

Chaise Tout Bois

SURFACES AND COLOURS

10 04 10 04
natural oak, dark oak, with natural oak, dark oak, with
with protective protective with protective protective
varnish varnish varnish varnish

Wooden base (Chaise Tout Bois) Seat and back (Chaise Tout Bois)

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