Set of 8 vintage standard SP dining chairs by Jean Prouvé for Vitra

Seats are most heavily loaded on the back legs, which bear the weight of the person’s upper body on the chair. Engineer and designer Jean Prouvé illustrated this simple insight into his signature design for the Standard chair: tubular steel for the front legs is sufficient as they are relatively light loaded, but the rear legs are made of thick, hollow profiles that transfer the primary load to the floor. SP stand for ‘Siège en Plastique’. This set of eight ‘Standard-SP” chair has 3 seats and back in black ASA acrylic and 5 seats and back in the highly exclusive dark oak veneer, the frame is metal black powder coated. The set had been designed early 1934’s, but this set has been produced in 2015-2020. So they are barely used.