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title: "A cantilever with a swivel"
url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/thonet-s-64-vdr-atelier"
language: "en"
type: "article"
description: "Christophe Marchand has transformed Marcel Breuer’s famous cantilever seat “S 64” by Thonet into a swivel chair.​"
published: "2019-06-18T10:29:00+02:00"
modified: "2025-06-03T14:55:15+02:00"
image: "https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410xAUTO_fit_center-center_90_none/TS_QF_Thonet_S_64_VDR_Stylepark_190618_102631.jpg"
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![](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410xAUTO_crop_center-center_82_none/Thonet_S_64_VDR_S_285_2_Stylepark.jpg)

Photo: Thonet

# A cantilever with a swivel

One of the greatest classic furniture items is experiencing a highly moving innovation in the “S 64 Atelier”: Christophe Marchand has transformed Marcel Breuer’s famous cantilever seat into a swivel chair.

| 6/18/2019

It takes much more than a timeless design to qualify as a true classic object; the latter is characterized by the fact that when it was created it had an extraordinary impact on the design world. A prime example would be the series of cantilever chairs produced in the late 1920s by Dutch architect and designer [Mart Stam](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/mart-stam). Not only was a new typology born, but also a new look that continues to be very popular today.

![](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_690xAUTO_crop_center-center_82_none/Thonet_S_64_VDR_Rohrkreuz_Chrome_1_Stylepark.jpg)

Photo: Thonet

![](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_690xAUTO_crop_center-center_82_none/Thonet_S_64_VDR_Rohrkreuz_Chrome_3_Stylepark.jpg)

Photo: Thonet

It was under Mart Stam that in 1928 [Marcel Breuer](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/marcel-breuer) designed the “[S 64](https://www.stylepark.com/en/thonet/s-64)” armchair, which served “to forge the link from Thonet’s bentwood tradition of the Wilhelminian era to 20th century Modernism,” as Thonet asserted – it produces the item to this day. And another typical feature of a classic object is that it can potentially be modified at any time to adapt it for new uses. In this instance it was Swiss designer [Christophe Marchand](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/christophe-marchand) who accomplished this task while respecting the original design. Now Thonet has assigned the chair a new function under the apt name “[S 64 Atelier](https://www.stylepark.com/en/thonet/s-64-vdr)”: Equipped with a central leg and castors the version presented this year can also be used as a working chair. As early as 1935 Breuer had conceived tubular steel chairs with a swivel frame for the Thonet-tubular steel catalog – as such its new use in a home- or regular office makes perfect sense.

“S 64 Atelier” comes in a classic model with wooden frame and a cane wicker seat plus supporting mesh or an upholstered version covered with leather or fabric. For the five-star aluminum base and the tubular steel chrome-plated or powder-coated versions are available. The wooden parts for the frame and the armrests are made of stained beech.

- [Thonet @ Stylepark](https://www.stylepark.com/en/manufacturer/thonet)
- [Manufacturer's website](http://en.thonet.de/start.html)

![Image gallery Thonet S 64 VDR Atelier](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_930xAUTO_crop_center-center_82_none/Thonet_S_64_VDR_S_1200_Stylepark.jpg)