Eugène Printz exhibited the present model armchair in 1934 and 1935 as part of an office set at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs. The armchairs feature curved armrests with bas-relief carving, extending into the front legs and terminating with a brass detail. The design exemplifies Printz’s desire to reconcile Art Deco refinement with the modernist ideal to design furniture in line with contemporary living.

Printz devoted himself to aesthetic and technical perfection in the realisation of his furniture designs. In a 1934 interview published in the authoritative periodical Mobilier et Décoration, he stated: ‘I am horrified at anything mediocre. Build a box if you have to, but a perfectly-made one’. (Bernard Champigneulle, ‘Avons-nous un style d’ameublement?’, Mobilier et Décoration, January 1934, p. 157) Having trained in eighteenth-century French cabinetmaking, Printz developed a rigorous approach to design, which he retained despite the economic difficulties experienced in France during the 1930s.