PIERRE JEANNERET (1896-1967) - Lot 31

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12000 - 18000 EUR
PIERRE JEANNERET (1896-1967) - Lot 31
PIERRE JEANNERET (1896-1967) PJ SI 07 A "Take Down Armchair", circa 1953 Dismountable armchair in profiled teak, mobile cane seat supported by iron chains suspended from the armrests, themselves fixed by screws and nuts to the uprights, identical to the profiled glides with two circular section struts Backrest in white cotton rope 75 x 54 x 64 cm Restoration and new cannage, replacement of strings Note : This chair is one of the first creations of Pierre Jeanneret when he arrived in Chandigarh. He used it for himself and for his collaborators. A copy is kept in the collections of the "Victoria and Albert Museum" in London, another in those of the "City Museum" in Chandigarh Would have been manufactured to less than 10 specimens Bibliography: - Eric Touchaleaume & Gérald Moreau, Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret - L'aventure indienne, Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2010, p.278, 323 and 557
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