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Girodroux & Delpy
Manhattan Armchair (Straight Backrest)
Armchairs · Collection Manhattan · 2025
Created for Monde Singulier
€12.694
Tax-freeMade to order · 14 weeks
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The label
W 33.5 × D 29.5 × H 30.7 in
The story
The Manhattan Armchair (Straight Backrest) is a low-profile chair designed by Girodroux & Delpy for the Manhattan collection, created exclusively for Monde Singulier.
Its construction is defined by the relationship between the cushion and the base: substantial, block-like seat and back cushions in off-white boucle upholstery sit within a dark wooden frame whose grain wraps around the front corners and rises vertically along the sides. The wood functions as both structural support and sculptural presence, its surface rough and pronounced against the soft textile.
The boucle upholstery is dense and plush, its textured loops giving the pale fabric a depth that shifts in different light. The wooden base is crafted from solid wood with a strong natural grain, stained dark and left with a matte, unsealed surface that preserves the material's tactile character.
Part of the Manhattan collection by Girodroux & Delpy, this armchair sits alongside the Curved Backrest variant, the two chairs offering different gestural readings of the same material vocabulary. Both carry the collection's interest in the tension between soft and hard, refined and raw.
About Girodroux & Delpy
Laure Girodroux and Louis-Henri Delpy established their Paris studio in 2013, working across interior architecture and furniture design. Their practice sits at the intersection of architectural rigour and artisanal precision, drawing from the decorative arts of the 1950s to 1980s, from Jean Royere's biomorphic forms to Andree Putman's sober modernism.
The duo's approach refuses the decorative for its own sake. Each project, whether a private residence or a bespoke furniture commission, is framed as a question: how much can be pared back before the essential disappears? That tension between restraint and generosity runs through every piece they sign.
French savoir-faire sits at the core of the Girodroux & Delpy identity. Their collaborations with exceptional craftsmen and specialist ateliers produce work that is entirely sur-mesure, built around the specific demands of each space and client. The result is an interior language that is subtle without being anonymous.
The studio has expanded its practice to the United States and Qatar, where it continues to represent a particular idea of French interior design: neither historicist nor gratuitously contemporary, but precisely calibrated to the moment.
At Monde Singulier, Girodroux & Delpy are represented by the Manhattan collection, a suite of fifteen seating and table pieces created exclusively for the marketplace. The collection pairs hand-carved solid wood bases, their surfaces deliberately rough-hewn to evoke primal sculptural traditions, with cream boucle upholstery. The Manhattan Curved Sofa and the Manhattan Console are among the collection's most distinctive pieces.
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Delivery and terms
Every piece is packed and shipped under insurance, from the workshop to you. White glove delivery (unpacking, installation, packaging removal) is available on request. Delivery is not charged at checkout: we send you a quote within 24 business hours of your order. You have 5 days to accept and pay it (secure payment link or bank transfer), otherwise your order is cancelled and fully refunded.
Tax-free export price. Import duties and local taxes, if any, are paid by the buyer. Delivery quoted within 24 business hours.
As our pieces are made to order or one of a kind, they cannot be returned or exchanged.