Eames Style Oak Chair with PU Leather Sorry, this product is currently unavailable Delivery:All in-stock produdcts are dispatched within 48 hours.Rove ClassicsXavier Pauchard Tolix Counter Stool - Galvanized Reviews Financing available starting at $14.51/monthGalvanized Steel Get FREE Swatches10+ Qty *124681012141618202224Add to cart Financing available starting at $14.51/monthWhy Rove?Beautifully hand-crafted furniture at fair prices, from workshop floors to your door.$89 flat rate shipping on your entire order, to anywhere in the US and Canada.30 days hassle-free return, no restocking fees, plus a 5 Year Warranty.What’s the point of blogging if you don’t put a stake in the ground and say what really interests you? After all, I’m not a journalist tied to the story that my editor gives me… I can choose what to say and when to say it. So let’s talk about the Tolix chair.And replica furniture is a real bugbear of mine, not because I am a snob or rich (neither feel true) but because I think about the effect of buying a copycat over an original design.
I know first-hand how expensive it can be to design, develop, manufacture and market an original design. To see copies appearing on the market takes some of the income to be generated away from the designer.Read more about the law on Replica Furniture →By reducing the income a designer can expect to make has a longer-term effect on design. The process needs to be shorter, or faster in order to keep costs lower. This also affects the research & development of products that might never become great sellers but aid designers thinking to help them become better designers and produce better designs. We want these things, so we need to realise our involvement as consumers in this process.So, let’s talk Tolix. If you didn’t know this company’s designs before, you would have sat on the Tolix chair outside cafe’s and restaurants or even in your own garden. If you haven’t say in the exact one, you will have sat in something inspired by the Tolix chair. Sometimes designers of the imitation might not even realise that they’ve seen the chairs before, but they have been nevertheless.
Photograph by Chelsea Fullerton of Go Forth Creative. Image above by Market Lane Coffee“Over the years, this [Tolix] chair has come to symbolise what I like to term democratic excellence, meaning that it’s mass-produced and universally acceptable.” Terence ConranXavier Pauchard (1880-1948) was a pioneer of galvanisation. Shortly after the first world war he found himself in charge of a flourishing manufacture of galvanised sheet-metal domestic items, which at the time, embodied household comfort. It was in 1927 that he registered the trademark TOLIX, at the same time changing to the production of chairs, armchairs, stools and metal furniture. The Model A chair has become an icon of industrial design, crafted in sheet metal to become solid, durable and inexpensive.You’ll find a lot of Tolix chair replicas, saving you a massive £150 per Tolix chair in some cases. But, when you are about to enter your credit card details into the checkout just consider the true cost of the chair, even if the quality seems comparable.
How would you feel if your work was copied and others profited from it?Elle Decoration fought the fakes recently with the Conran Shop Get Real campaign. The campaign was originally conceived to address the disparity between intellectual property laws in the arts. The law saw product and industrial designers receive significantly less copyright protection than was granted to artists, writers and musicians. In my mind, this was not where the matter ends. It may add protection in law but doesn’t begin to change the perception of ‘fakes’ in the minds of consumers; consumers who have less money to spend and a lured by the replica prices for well-known designs.“By protecting new designs more generously,” says Terence Conran, “we are encouraging more investment of time and talent in British design. That will lead to more manufacturing in Britain, and that, in turn, will lead to more jobs – which we desperately need right now. Properly protected design can help make the UK a profitable workshop again.
We have the creative talent – let’s use it.”Cult Furniture, who sell replicas of the Tolix chair, even make a statement on their product page that they are in no way affiliated with the company Tolix. “Our furniture is inspired by the designs of Xavier Pauchard and not to be confused with those which are manufactured and sold by Tolix”. This token gesture might help them in law to give the consumer the choice but who are we kidding?Read more about the law on Replica Furniture →Whichever choice you make, I hope that you consider these points and make informed decisions. So that when you sit on your Tolix chair you know exactly how you feel about it. Real versus replica, the debate continues…Designer: Xavier Pauchard Manufacturer: TOLIX Year: 1927 Price: Genuine Tolix chair, approx £180 Sign in or Create an account HomeChairsReplica Tolix Chair - White (Set of 4) HomeChairsDining / Cafe ChairsReplica Tolix Chair - White (Set of 4) HomeReplica FurnitureReplica Tolix Chair - White (Set of 4)
HomeChairsLiving Area ChairsReplica Tolix Chair - White (Set of 4) Replica Tolix Chair - White (Set of 4) The Tolix chair’s and stool’s share a colourful 100+ year history that started in 1907 and the final redesign in 1956. They were immediately popular, not just in cafes, where right up until the 1970s they were often given out by breweries in return for the owner stocking their brand, but also in factories, offices and hospitals. This replica has also undergone the same powdercoating process as the original, which can be found in the collections of the MoMA in New York, the Pompidou Centre in Paris, and the Vitra design collection in Weil am Rhein in Germany. Rubber stoppers are on each leg as well as positioned within the inner frame of the chair so to ensure safe stacking. The chair currently viewed is white. Seat Height: 45cmChair Height: 84cmSeat Width: 36cmSeat Length: 35cm Stools & Chairs provides a 365 day warranty on our products. Please assist us by having your invoice number handy and any photos of the problem of your product.
Find Similar Products by Category ChairsDining / Cafe Chairs Posted by kirsty on 18th Nov 2013 Posted by Unknown on 23rd Aug 2013 Bought the matching stools and chairs. Very happy with quality, price and service. Posted by Unknown on 23rd Jul 2013 We purchased 8 chairs (two sets of 4) -The chairs are structurally sound -The paint job is good -The shipping was very quick (1-2 days) -The black rubber feet on the bottom of the legs were frayed on two of the chairs and not the best quality on all the chairs -The black felt pads on the bottom of the feet (so that the chairs don't scratch the floor) were not properly affixed to two chairs and had come off during delivery. They are good chairs at a great price! Would recomend them as long as you didn;'t require perfection and were okay with minor flaws. Posted by Alice Truong on 21st Jun 2013 I bought 6 white tolix chairs and it looks so beautiful with my wood dining table.