Jean Prouvé Dactylo Desk No. BD 41 Circa 1948

Jean Prouvé Dactylo Desk No. BD 41 Circa 1948

Rare and important mid century Ateliers Jean Prouvé Black Dactylo Steel & Oak Desk No. BD 41 circa 1948, commissioned by Atelier Jean Prouve Ferembal later changed to Massilly,  the desk with rectangular oak top over right-sided pedestal with four drawers with four black lacquered steel legs, in original condition, untouched.

Provenance: Pierre Bindschelder, former director of Ferembal

Background: Jean Prouvé 1901–1984

Jean Prouvé was born in Nancy, France, in 1901. Prouvé‘s father Victor founded the École de Nancy, an Art Nouveau school that focused on hand-made objects. Apprenticing with an ironsmith as a teenager, he learned the value of simple forms and metalworking techniques. Prouvé founded his studio, Ateliers Jean Prouvé in 1923 and created restrained metal objects that rejected excess decoration. Within his workshop, he favoured industrial materials like sheet steel, stainless steel, and aluminium. Engineers employed these materials in the emerging aircraft industry, and these materials inspired Prouvé to design a pre-fabricated houses with Le Corbusier in 1923 that was reminiscent of aircraft design. Working with Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand, Prouvé created breathtaking furniture that forged the process of prefabrication. Prouvé tirelessly focused on finding creative and useful solutions to design problems throughout his career, crafting everything from aluminium vacation homes to university bookcases, living by his words that one should “never design anything that cannot be made!

Summery:
Jean Prouvé
Ateliers Prouvé
Dactylo Desk
No. BD 41


Original


Steel
Oak
France
1948
Provenance


Investment
Practical & Beautiful

Condition: The desk has age related wear, knocks, marks and original condition

Dimensions Desk:
Width 48.42” / 123cm
Depth 24.80”  / 63cm
Height 27.55” / 70cm