Minimalist elegance, high functionality and enduring comfort in perfect balance are what keep Marcel Gascoin’s iconic 1947 C-Chair feeling so vital and modern today. Designed as an innovative response to the tightly-spaced homes being built in postwar France, the refined aesthetics and craftsmanship are perfectly suited to contemporary living rooms, dining rooms and kitchens. The updated C-Chair’s sturdy wood frame and durable, hand-woven paper seat and backrest underpin its elegant shape and strong visual language. The space-efficient C-Chair is part of a unified Gascoin collection which...
41W x 53D x 79H cm
45cm seat height
Frame in solid oak or walnut
Natural papercord
French designer Marcel Gascoin (1907-1986) was one of the leading furniture designers of the post-war era. He played a vital role in the reconstruction of France after World War II, where his streamlined wooden furniture, focused on clean aesthetics and functionality, became the staple for 1950s French households.
Gascoin worked as an interior architect and designer with the French Ministry of Reconstruction and Urbanism to design and build homes and the furniture to fill them during the post-war housing crisis in France. Forward-thinking for his time and with a strong social conscience, Gascoin’s democratic design drew lines between art and industry, converging clean aesthetics with rational manufacturing processes.
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