Coffee table « Élysée » (1971), by Pierre Paulin, initially designed for the private room of Claude and Georges Pompidou at the Elysée Palace and realized by the workshop of research and creation of the Mobilier National. Edited by Alpha International around 1972-1973.
Aluminum casting, light buff colored microblasted lacquer, smoked glass.
Bibliography :
Anne Chapoutot, Pierre Paulin : un univers de formes, Paris, 1992, p. 100
L’atelier de recherche et de création du Mobilier National (1964-2000) : plaidoyer pour le mobilier contemporain, exhibition catalog, Galerie nationale de la tapisserie, Beauvais, 25 March – 15 September 2001, p. 49
Mobilier national, 1964-2004: 40 ans de création, exhibition catalog, Palais de la Porte dorée, Paris, 20 October 2004-16 January 2005, Musée d’art et d’industrie, Saint-Étienne, 6 November 2004-10 January 2005, p. 50
Pierre Paulin : le design au pouvoir, exhibition catalog, Galerie des Gobelins, Paris, 28 January – 27 July 2008, pp. 45 and 48
Pierre Paulin designer, exhibition catalog, Grand-Hornu, 9 March – 22 June 2008, p. 124
Nadine Descendre, Pierre Paulin : l’homme et l’œuvre, Paris, 2014, pp. 117 and 149 for drawings of models and pp. 152 and 159
Biography
Pierre Paulin, born in Paris on July 9, 1927 and died in Montpellier on June 13, 2009, was a French designer.
His talent lies in his shift from decoration to design, which was typical of the post-war period in France, and in the materials used to make his chairs. These are upholstered in foam and often covered in jersey.
He is one of the greatest designers of his time, and the subject of numerous books and retrospectives.
To find out more, please click on this Wikipedia link (in French).