One of Marcel Gascoin’s most well-known pieces, the C-Chair Dining Chair was designed in 1947. The chair represents not only the practical power of Gascoin’s designs, but also the social conscience he demonstrated through the post-war years in France. The C-Chair was created out of necessity to fit into the new sizes of homes built at the end of World War II, where Gascoin made up for the lack of space by creating simple, functional furniture.
Characterised by the juxtaposition between the voluminous and vigorous legs and inviting seat in a lighter woven cane, the quality of the C-Chair reveals itself through modern lines, sobriety and high-quality wooden workmanship.
French designer Marcel Gascoin (1907-1986) was one of the leading furniture designers of the post-war era. He played a vital role in the reconstruction of France after World War II, where his streamlined wooden furniture, focussing on clean aesthetics and functionality, became the staple for 1950s French households.
Gascoin worked as an interior architect and designer with the French Ministry of Reconstruction and Urbanism to design and build homes and the furniture to fill them during the post-war housing crisis in France.
Forward-thinking for his time and with a strong social conscience, Gascoin’s democratic design drew lines between art and industry, converging clean aesthetics with rational manufacturing processes.
Today Gascoin’s work, unrecognized for a long time, has been progressively re-discovered by collectors, adoring his simple and striking furniture creations.
