Manufacturer: Fritz Hansen
Designer: Arne Jacobsen 1957
This piece is an original licensed Fritz Hansen piece.
The Grand Prix™ chair is a chair with graphic edge. It was introduced at the Designers’ Spring Exhibition at the Danish Museum of Art & Design in 1957. Later that year, the chair was displayed at the Triennale in Milan where it received the Grand Prix, the finest distinction of the exhibition. The celebrated chair comes in both a steel or wood base and can be customised through a series of colours, wood types and upholstery.
Wooden legs are angled smoothly outwards in this design, mimicking the steel legs of Jacobsen’s other plywood chairs. This is one of the few Arne Jacobsen chair designs with wooden legs. Remember that the Grand Prix chair with wooden legs is not stackable.
The shell is in laminated moulded veneer. The outer veneer is sliced Oak or Walnut. It is also available in Coloured Ash. The chair is also available with front or full upholstery in fabric or leather. The Grand Prix 4130 chair has 4 wooden legs is not stackable and has a standard seat height of 46cm.
Dimensions: Width: 50cm x Depth 51cm x Height: 83cm (Seat Height: 46cm)
