Image source: Fritz Hansen — Grand Prix Chair
© Fritz Hansen and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research.
Grand Prix Chair
Arne Jacobsen's chair that won the Grand Prix at the 1957 Milan Triennale, on stacking steel legs
480 × 830 × 510 mm
1957
Poland
Approx. $790 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Grand Prix™ 3130 is an Arne Jacobsen design of 1957, shown that year at the Designers' Spring Exhibition and then at the Milan Triennale, where it won the exhibition's Grand Prix. Fritz Hansen describes it as a chair with a graphic edge.
Construction
- Shell: pressure moulded veneer in nine layers, seven of beech inside and two outer layers
- Finishes: oak or walnut veneer, coloured ash, or lacquer in 16 colours
- Base: four tubular steel legs, chromed or powder coated
Specifications
- H 83 × W 48 × D 51 cm, seat height 46 cm
- Weight 3.9 kg, stackable up to 5 chairs
- Country of origin Poland (sheet)
Story
From a spring exhibition to Milan
According to Fritz Hansen, the chair was introduced at the Designers' Spring Exhibition at the Danish Museum of Art & Design in 1957. Later that year it was shown at the Triennale in Milan and received the Grand Prix, which the text calls the finest distinction of the exhibition.
Image source: Fritz Hansen — Grand Prix Chair · © Fritz Hansen and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research. · View official product page ↗ · Image use & copyright policy
The steel-legged version
The product page adds that the Grand Prix with steel legs reflects Jacobsen's larger collection of stackable plywood chairs with tubular steel legs, and that the chair comes in a range of models customised with colours, wood types and upholstery. The sheet names five models: the 3130 chair, the 3131 swivel chair on castors, the 3138 counter stool, the 3139 bar stool and the 4130 chair with wooden legs.
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Collection
Grand Prix
The Grand Prix™ series by Arne Jacobsen (1957) for Fritz Hansen: the Milan Triennale prize-winning chair, with swivel, counter, bar and wooden-leg versions.
