Proust Armchair
The Cappellini Proust Armchair by Alessandro Mendini combines a hand-carved solid beech frame with a painted, multicolored surface that continues into its dotted fabric upholstery.
Originally designed in 1978, it brings an expressive postmodern presence to a living room or collection of design furniture. Two color compositions are offered, with fixed upholstery and polyurethane foam padding.
Every detail, considered.
- Brand
- Cappellini
- Collection
- Proust
- Designer
- Alessandro Mendini
- Design year
- 1978
- Descriptor
- Hand-carved wood armchair with dotted fabric upholstery
- Country
- Italy
- Structure
- Hand-carved and hand-painted solid beech
- Materials
- 01Hand-carved and painted beech
A solid beech frame carries fixed dotted fabric over multi-density polyurethane foam.
- 02Coordinated surface pattern
Painted details on the frame continue into the fabric, with two compositions offered.
- 0341¼ in wide frame
The armchair measures 36½ in deep and 43 in high.
Proust Armchair by Alessandro Mendini combines a carved wooden frame with a continuous dotted surface pattern.
Solid beech is carved and painted by hand, while multi-density polyurethane foam sits beneath fixed fabric upholstery. Two coordinated pattern compositions are offered across wood and textile. Designed in 1978, the chair measures 41¼ inches wide, 36½ inches deep and 43 inches high for indoor seating.
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Italian design furniture shaped by international collaboration, from sculptural chairs to experimental sofas, tables and storage.
Alessandro Mendini
Alessandro Mendini worked as an architect, designer, artist, editor and design theorist. He participated in Global Tools and Alchimia and edited magazines including Casabella and Domus. In 1989 he founded Atelier Mendini with his brother Francesco, developing objects, furniture, interiors, installations and architecture.
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