Bed with Pivoting Tablet, Model SCAL 450 known as 'Antony'

Jean Prouvé & Charlotte Perriand, Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Édition Steph Simon

Bed with pivoting tablet, SCAL model known as 'Antony'. Made of black lacquered folded steel, textile, and oak. Model created in 1955. Note: Designed in 1954 by Jean Prouvé for the student rooms of the Cité Universitaire Jean Zay in Antony, this bed was named 'SCAL' because a first version was created in 1939 to furnish the dormitories of the staff of SCAL (Société Centrale des Alliages Légers). Bibliography: - L. & P. Seguin, 'Jean Prouvé, Vol. 1', Galerie Patrick Seguin, 2017, similar model pp. 352, 359 - P. Sulzer, 'Jean Prouvé, Œuvre complète Vol. 3: 1944-1954', Ed. Birkhauser, 2005, model referenced under number 1140.6, p. 166-167