Archibald Gran Comfort
Jean-Marie Massaud adds a surplus of softness to the Archibald collection: the Archibald Gran Comfort armchair. The
central element is the large, soft seat cushion. A luxurious leather casing
with rich goose down padding that creates a refined contrast with the minimal
architectural cut of the steel frame that houses it.
Made from beech, the seat of the Archibald
Gran Comfort armchair has springs consisting of elastic
belts. These return, as an additional source of comfort, along the perimeter of
the steel-framed backrest. The seat and backrest padding, in quilted goose-down
baffle, makes the armchair even softer. The removable upholstery is in Pelle
Frau® Safari leather. The trim around the edge of the upholstery is embellished
with hand-painted raw cut leather and finished with tone-on-tone or contrast
stitching. The steel base and feet have a Ruthenium finish. Ultra-thin and
light, the feet almost seem to be sketched by pencil. The soft Archibald Gran Comfort pouf is
the natural complement to the armchair.
About Designer | |
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Jean-Marie Massaud |
Born in
Toulouse in 1966, Jean-Marie Massaud graduated in 1990 from Les Ateliers, Ecole
Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle, Paris. He began to work both in
Asia and in France, finally opening his own office in Paris in 1994. Since
than, he has dedicated himself to industrial and furniture design, building
important relationships with brands such as Authentics, Baccarat and Magis. His collaboration with
Marc Berthier and his work in the field of town planning led him towards design
and architecture. He is concerned with design in various contexts, industrial
products and furniture. His contextual approach centres on research into the
essential, within which the individual remains the centre of attention. It is a
work upheld by research into the senses, magic, and vital emotion which brings
him to work with very different brands: Cassina, Poltrona Frau, Cappellini,
Cacharel, Lancôme, Tronconi and Yamaha offshore. His works have been awarded
several prizes and many of his designs are nowadays on show in the design
collections of the major museums worldwide: from Amsterdam, Chicago, London,
Paris and Zurich: from the permanent collection of the Musée National d'Art
Moderne de Paris to the permanent collections of the Museum für Gestaltung,
Zürich, of The Chicago Athenaeum- Museum of Architecture and Design, of The
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and of The Musée des arts Décoratifs, Paris.
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