Image source: Fritz Hansen — Grand Prix
© Fritz Hansen and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research.
Collection Story
Origin
Grand Prix™ is the Arne Jacobsen series for Fritz Hansen whose design year the fact sheet gives as 1957. Fritz Hansen links the design to the Milan Triennale of that year, where it received the Grand Prix.
Design Language
Every model carries the same moulded veneer shell, available in natural oak or walnut, coloured ash, or lacquer in sixteen colours, with front or full upholstery as an option.
Key Pieces
- 3130 chair with tube legs, stackable up to five
- 3131 chair with swivel base and castors
- 3138 counter stool and 3139 bar stool, both with tube legs
- 4130 chair with wooden legs
Pieces in this collection
Grand Prix Chair
Arne Jacobsen's chair that won the Grand Prix at the 1957 Milan Triennale, on stacking steel legs
Grand Prix 4130
Arne Jacobsen's Grand Prix on angled wooden legs, one of his few chairs with a wooden base
Grand Prix 3131
Arne Jacobsen's Grand Prix on a height-adjustable swivel base with five castors
Grand Prix 3139
Arne Jacobsen's Grand Prix as a bar stool with a 76 cm seat and a tubular steel footrest
Grand Prix 3138
Arne Jacobsen's Grand Prix as a counter stool, 64 cm seat with a tubular steel footrest
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