Écrin - Écrin Armchair
by Atelier PA
Material
Wood
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The Écrin Armchair, referred to as the Fauteuil within Atelier PA's studio, is the seating centrepiece of a collection conceived around a single architectural idea: that an object should frame its space as precisely as a building frames its inhabitants.
Julien Pradignac founded Atelier PA to practice without separation across architecture, interior design, and furniture. The Armchair belongs to this continuity. Its form follows the structural economy of the studio's work: clean lines, considered proportions, upholstery treated as surface rather than spectacle. Nothing is added to signal comfort; the chair communicates through posture and restraint.
The Écrin collection takes its name from the French word for jewel case: objects designed to hold something, to define a small field of attention within a room. The Armchair does this through scale and presence: a seat that establishes its place without demanding yours.
Handcrafted in France, the Écrin Armchair is part of the Atelier PA collection on Monde Singulier.
W 65 x D 65 x H 65 cm
W 25.59 x D 25.59 x H 25.59 in
Materials: Solid beech wood, water-based stain and varnish. Fabric Pierre Frey - Freddo Castagno
About
Atelier PA
Atelier PA is a French design studio founded by Julien Pradignac, working across architecture, interior design, and furniture. Based in France, the studio treats these three disciplines as a single practice, each informing the others.
The studio's work is built around a rational aesthetic: form follows material logic. Pradignac begins with the authenticity of materials, their texture, weight, and behavior in light, then works outward to form, proportion, and rhythm. Shadow and light are treated as active elements, not byproducts. The goal is objects that are clear, legible, and resistant to novelty.
Each piece is developed in close collaboration with French artisans. Pradignac brings the design from the studio to the workshop and stays with it through the making process, maintaining the precision of the original concept at every stage. The result is handcrafted furniture with a focus on simplicity and durability over surface effect.
The Écrin collection, available on Monde Singulier, brings these principles into three pieces: the Écrin Armchair, Écrin Banquette, and Écrin Table. The collection plays with formal contrasts, curves against right angles and transparency against opacity, united by the way light reveals their contours and shifts through the day.
For Monde Singulier, Atelier PA represents collectible design in the French artisan tradition: considered, precise, and built for the long term.
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