Design

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Lot 96
  • 96

Charlotte Perriand

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 EUR
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Description

  • Charlotte Perriand
  • Berger stool, circa 1956
  • red african wood/sipo (entandrophragma utile)
  • 27,5 x 32,5 cm ; 10 7/8 x 12 3/4 in.
red African wood

Literature

Jacques Barsac, Perriand, Un art d'habiter, Paris, 2005, pp. 400 and 405
Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, L'œuvre complète, Vol. 2 : 1940-1955, Paris, 2015, pp. 349, 443-444, 467, 473 and 515

Condition

Fairly good overall condition. Scattered scratches and small dents on the stool, with more important one on the edge of the seat, including a significant one on approximately 3,5 cm long. A few small chips of wood on the lower edge of the top, not visually distractive when the stool stands. A lack of wood of approximately 4 x 1,5 cm on the underside of the seat, not visible when the stool stands. One foot is slightly moving.
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