A56 chair by Jean Pauchard for Tolix
Bring a little French bistro chic to your garden with Pauchard's iconic chair...
In 1907, Frenchman Xavier Pauchard succeeded in protecting sheet metal from rust by dipping it into molten zinc. Galvanisation was born, and with it a new industry.
The alchemist of zinc's Tolix factory in Burgundy produced many household items, including the 1934 A chair. In 1956, his son Jean gave the chair a slimmer frame and renamed it A56.
Its success lies in its practicality, ideally suited to bistro culture: 25 stacked chairs stand only 2.3m high. The chairs mark a crucial stage in the story of design. As Terence Conran says, 'They symbolise democratic excellence, a mass-produced object that is universally accessible – in a word, social.'
Stockist: A56 chair, £115, available from The Conran Shop.
The alchemist of zinc's Tolix factory in Burgundy produced many household items, including the 1934 A chair. In 1956, his son Jean gave the chair a slimmer frame and renamed it A56.
Its success lies in its practicality, ideally suited to bistro culture: 25 stacked chairs stand only 2.3m high. The chairs mark a crucial stage in the story of design. As Terence Conran says, 'They symbolise democratic excellence, a mass-produced object that is universally accessible – in a word, social.'
Stockist: A56 chair, £115, available from The Conran Shop.