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Arne Jacobsen, 1957
The Grand Prix Chair was designed by the architect and designer Arne Jacobsen in 1957, and presented that same year at the Designers’ Spring Exhibition at the Danish Museum of Art & Design in Copenhagen.
Originally called the 3130 model, it was renamed after obtaining the Grand Prix at the Milan Triennale in 1957. The Grand Prix Chair was then produced with wooden legs, which were subsequently replaced by the metal legs of the 3107 chair.
After being abandoned in favor of the metal leg version because it was too expensive to produce, the Grand Prix chair with wooden legs is once again available thanks to new and more efficient production methods.
Thanks to its splendid legs, the Grand Prix chair is reinvested in the most opulent living rooms. The attention to detail and the unique shape of its design make it a timeless classic, as relevant today as it was 50 years ago
Dimensions W50 x D51 x H83 cm – seat height 43 or 46 cm
Warranty Fritz Hansen offer up to 20 years limited warranty if the products are registered online at fritzhansen.com/my-fh
Oak
Walnut
Coloured Ash
White
Nine Grey
Black
There are two options: either the shell has a front upholstery that leaves the wood visible on the back side, or it is upholstered and fully covered with fabric or leather.
Grand-Prix with front upholstery
oak
+ leather Essential black
walnut
+ Hallingdal 130
walnut
+ leather Soft cognac
Grand-Prix with fully upholstered shell
The Grand-Prix chair with metal legs is both stackable and lightweight. The shell and base are available in several finishes that allow you to customize your chair to fit a multitude of environments, from the kitchen to the living room.
Dimensions W48 x D51 x H83 cm – Seat height 43, 46 or 48 cm
Materials Plywood shell with wood veneer or coloured ash (wood grain visible) – steel tube legs, chromed or powder-coated
Warranty Fritz Hansen offer up to 20 years limited warranty if the products are registered online at fritzhansen.com/my-fh
oak
oak
black
walnut
walnut
white
pale rose
wild rose
paradise orange
venetian red
true yellow
burnt yellow
lavender blue
dusk blue
midnight blue
olive green
evergreen
light beige
deep clay
nine grey
There are two options: either the shell of the chair has a front upholstery that leaves the wood visible on the back side, or it is upholstered and fully covered with fabric or leather.
wood + front upholstery
fully upholstered
Arne Jacobsen
Arne Jacobsen was born on February 11, 1902 in Copenhagen. His father, Johan Jacobsen, is a wholesale trader in safety pins and snap fasteners. His mother, Pouline Jacobsen, a bank clerk, paints floral motifs in her spare time. The family lived in a typical Victorian style home. As a contrast to his parents’ overly decorated taste, Arne paints his room in white.
Background & school relations
He met the Lassen brothers at Nærum Boarding School: later, Flemming Lassen was to become his partner in a series of architectural projects. Arne Jacobsen is a restless pupil, always up to pranks, with a self-deprecating humour. Already as a child, he showed an extraordinary talent for drawing and depicting nature through scrupulous studies. He wants to be painter, but his father felt that architect was a more sensible choice.
The Pleasant and the necessary trips abroad
Jacobsen’s travelling begin already in his twenties, when he went to sea to New York. Then followed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer in Germany and a series of study and drawing excursions to Italy. Jacobsen produced some of his finest watercolours during this period, capturing atmospheres and shapes accurately and carefully. From the beginning of his career, Jacobsen turned his gaze abroad, without abandoning Danish traditions.
Arne Jacobsen behind the design
Jacobsen production reflects his personality: an insistent, perfectionist modernist, to whom no detail was trivial, although the main picture was basically black/white and unambiguous. On the other hand, the nature-loving botanist and jovial family man: like him, his work is precise and warm, Danish and universal, modern and timeless.
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