Four “Texas” low chairs, by François Arnal, Atelier A
France, 1968

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Atelier A.

It was on the initiative of François Arnal, painter and sculptor, that Atelier A was created in 1968, a kind of furniture production company for artists: César, Jean-Michel Sanejouand, Robert Malaval, Annette Messager , François Arnal himself and many others are thus called upon to propose projects for chairs, armchairs, tables and lamps.

The enterprise, which lasted only a few years, is nevertheless remarkable for its ability to decompartmentalize disciplines, and to realize, in these few concrete objects, the old utopia of a union of art and life.

Source: City of Design