Fitzgerald
Innate class,
international style. A new piece in the sophisticated Kennedy-inspired world
created by Jean-Marie Massaud for
Poltrona Frau. With its extreme formal simplicity, the Fitzgerald chair exudes elegance in every detail. The
Fitzgerald chair has a rigid polyurethane structure reinforced with a metallic
insert. The padding is in polyurethane foam and polyester wadding and
strengthened with regenerated saddle-leather. Delicate ‘X’-stitching, carried
out by hand with contrasting thread, decorates the inside of the backrest and
seat. The edge of the backrest is defined with an aluminium trim with Ruthenium
finish, repeated on the feet. The back of the Fitzgerald chair is embellished
with double vertical stitching and the branded Poltrona Frau logo. The upholstery is in Pelle Frau®
leather.
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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