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Standard SP chair
Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950

Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950

Chairs take the most important stress on their back legs, where they sustain the weight of the user's upper body. The engineer, architect and designer Jean Prouvé incorporated this simple insight in his design to conceive the Standard Chair : while steel tubes are sufficient for the front legs, since they are subject to a smaller stress, the back legs are made of voluminous hollow sections that transfer the primary weight to the floor.

The Standard SP Chair has a seat and backrest made of robust plastic. Another version is available : the Standard classic chair, with a wood seat and backrest.

Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950

Seat and backrest ASA plastic

Base round and moulded sheet steel, powder-coated (textured).

Dimensions H82 x L42 x P49 cm – seat height 46 cm

Seven versions of seat and backrest available

Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950

12 – deep black

35 – basalt

69 – marron

74 – olive

Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950

87 – teak brown

31 – warm grey

92 – citron

Six types of metal base available

Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950

88 – ecru powder-coated (textured)

40 – chocolate powder-coated (textured)

12 – deep black gloss powder-coated (textured)

06 – Japanese red powder-coated (textured)

Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950

91 – mint powder-coated (textured)

35 – basalt powder-coated (textured)

Examples of combinations

Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950
Standard SP chair Jean Prouvé, 1934/1950

Jean Prouvé

Jean Prouvé

Jean Prouvé completed his training as a metal artisan before opening his own workshop in Nancy in 1924. In the following years he created numerous furniture designs, and in 1947 Prouvé established his own factory. Due to disagreements with the majority shareholders, he left the company in 1953. During the ensuing decades, Prouvé served as a consulting engineer on a number of important architectural projects in Paris.

Jean Prouvé left his mark on architectural history again in 1971, when he played a major role in selecting the design of Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers for the Centre Pompidou as chairman of the competition jury. Prouvé's work encompasses a wide range of objects, from a letter opener to door and window fittings, from lighting and furniture to façade elements and prefabricated houses, from modular building systems to large exhibition structures – essentially, almost anything that is suited to industrial production methods.

In close cooperation with the Prouvé family, Vitra began in 2002 to issue re-editions of designs by this great French constructeur.