Refined style, distinguished functionality and enduring comfort is what keeps Marcel Gascoin’s iconic Gubi C-Chair Dining Chair - Paper Cord feeling so vital and fresh today. Originally designed in 1947 to adapt to new homes built at the end of World War II, its clean expression is characterised by the juxtaposition between the voluminous and robust legs, inviting seat and back in a lightweight paper cord. Ideally situated as a set around a dining table or as a stand-alone piece in a hallway, it adapts flawlessly to a vast range of interiors, supplementing character and style to your home.
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.