MICHEL DUFET (1888–1885) DESIGNER & ECART INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHER (FOUNDED IN 1978 BY ANDRÉE PUTMAN) — FROM THE EBEL SHOWROOMS ON PLACE VENDÔME Sandows Chair, a model originally created around [1935] and produced by Le Bûcheron Set of four Sandows chairs. The frames are made of nickel-plated tubular metal. The seats are strung with alternating black and blue rubber bands. H. 96 cm – W. 45 cm – D. 52 cm History: This Sandows chair was undoubtedly the most iconic chair designed by Michel Dufet and, most likely, one of the most iconic of the late 1930s. The artist presented it at the Pavillon des Décorateurs during the 1937 Exposition des Arts et Techniques in Paris. Andrée Putman, often referred to as the “Pope of Design,” would, beginning in 1978 with the founding of Ecart International, reintroduce the aesthetics of the 1930s throughout the 1980s by reissuing numerous models. Enlisting the collaboration of Sandow Technic, she very successfully revived Michel Dufet’s now-famous chair. Bibliography: -Le Décor d’aujourd’hui– No. 24, August–September 1937. Identical model reproduced on page 25. -Le Décor d’aujourd’hui– No. 30, 1938. Identical model reproduced on the cover. -*Le Décor d’aujourd’hui*—1937/1938. An identical model is reproduced in the various advertisements for *Le Bûcheron* that appeared in this magazine.