The Secret History Of: The Tolix chair

Xavier Pauchard was born in in Le Morvan, known as the green heart of France. Unsurprisingly wood was the most important construction material but despite that, he and his father and grandfather before him were zinc roofers.

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In , Pauchard discovered that he could protect sheet metal from rusting by dipping it in molten zinc, or galvanising it. Ten years later, he set up a factory making steel household items and eventually registered his trademark symbol as Tolix, by which name the company is still known.

That classic chair, a favourite of cafés and retro kitchens all over the world, was designed in . It was meant to be outside in all weathers, which is why there are holes in the seats &#; to allow the rain to drain off. But café owners were quick to complain that the chairs wouldn't stack properly and Pauchard had to tweak his design. By , the classic Tolix was finally created. With its slimmer frame, you could now stack 25 chairs to a height of 2.3 metres.

They were immediately popular, not just in cafés, where right up until the s they were often given out by breweries in return for the owner stocking their brand, but also in factories, offices and hospitals.

By the end of the s, the factory had about 80 workers and produced some 60,000 units annually. The company remained in the family until . Now, the chair is part of the collections of the MoMA in New York, the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Vitra design collection in Weil am Rhein in Germany.

You can buy them new from the Conran shop for £195 or you can hunt about for a vintage one and prices will vary. The modern ones come in around 50 colours, while the vintage are more classically red or their natural steel colour.

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Sir Terence Conran is one of several influential fans of this simple-looking chair, which, nevertheless, takes around 100 manual operations to create. "Over the years, this chair has come to symbolise what I like to term democratic excellence, meaning that it's mass-produced and universally acceptable," he says.

And just as the Panton S chair was famously featured on the cover of Vogue magazine (with Kate Moss wrapped around it, admittedly. Oh, and she was naked), so the Tolix has just reached the dizzy heights of fame featuring in Agent Provocateur's spring-summer campaign, though it's just possible that some of you might not be looking at the chair.

Created in by Xavier Pauchard, the Chaise A has become an icon of French design, recognized worldwide. Originating from Burgundy, the Chaise A can now be found in fast-food restaurants, Anna Wintour's offices in New-York, and even in the largest design museums across Europe. This iconic model is known by everyone.

Although its design is now in the public domain, allowing for mass production in Asia and elsewhere, the form of an original Tolix chair and a reproduction may be similar, but the materials and manufacturing techniques are radically different. At Tolix, each Chaise A is handmade: stamping on historical machines, welding by our artisans, and spray painting. Every chair is therefore unique, imbued with craftsmanship and passion. To emphasize its authenticity, each chair bears an identification plate indicating its origin.

Today, TOLIX reaffirms this difference by relaunching the Chaise A in a more accessible version, without compromising on quality, to encourage reflection on the value of Made in France and handmade craftsmanship in the face of mass production. This initiative is made possible through direct sales from our factory, optimized production, standardized finishes, and, of course, volume. Acquiring the original means buying quality, durability, and contributing to the support of French industrial heritage.

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