tolix armchair
Design Xavier Pauchard,
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steel, solid wood, PU
"It's thought that the Tolix chair was first used in the weather forecasting room aboard a battleship, whether that story is true or just an old wife's tale is another matter! Whatever the story, during the mid 1900s the Tolix chair was supplied to bars, brasseries and cafes by breweries in exchange for selling their beer, a practice which ended in 1970.
The withdrawal of the Tolix chairs led to many, many fans complaining and lamenting the difficulty they now faced of finding the chairs so, due to popular demand, the original Xavier Pauchard 1934 Tolix chair was reissued in 1986.
This replica Tolix chair is, like the original, constructed from galvanised steel but we also offer more colourful versions which are powdercoated steel, resulting in deep, bright colour."
440 w | 440 d | 740 h
Xavier Pauchard (1880-1948) was a pioneer of galvanisation in France. Shortly after World War 1, based in Autun, Burgundy, he found himself (a visionary and inventive entrepreneur) in charge of a flourishing manufacture of galvanised sheet-metal domesic items, which at the time, embodied household comfort. It was in 1927 that he registered the trademark TOLIX, at the same time converting to the «production of chairs, armchairs, stools and metal furnitures». The different models (rustproof, robust and stackable) conceived by Xavier Pauchard found their place directly inside factories, offices and hospitals, as well as outside, on cafe terraces and in public parks. Embarked aboard the ship, Normandie, in 1935, these chairs also filled the aisles of the 1937 Exposition Internationale –Arts et Techniques.
Tolix M?bel geh?ren seit dem Jahr 1934 zu den Klassikern des Industriedesigns: Der franz?sische Unternehmer und Designer Xavier Pauchard nutzte seine technischen und mechanischen F?higkeiten zur Galvanisierung von Blech, um innovative Produkte in Angriff zu nehmen und nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg den wirtschaftlichen Erfolg zurückzugewinnen. So entstand die Idee des ersten Stuhls aus galvanisiertem Blech: Der
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