The present pair of mahogany and iron stools originate from Pierre Chareau’s earliest large-scale project - the clubhouse at Beauvallon Golf Club near Saint-Tropez, France. The project was commissioned in 1926 by real estate businessmen and brothers Emile and Edmond Bernheim, who would continue to be important patrons of Chareau’s throughout his career, which was cut short in 1940 at his exile to the United States. Chareau was designing furniture and interiors since 1919 and became increasingly interested in the integration of furniture into the building. Chareau collaborated with the Dutch architect Bernard Bijvoet in the design of the clubhouse, which was instrumental to Chareau’s development of a pioneering design ideology where the furniture, interior design and architecture were thought of as a whole and conceived of through the lens of functionalism. Chareau was unique in rejecting mass production while embracing modern technology and materials, instead finding success in integrating modern materials with fine craftsmanship in line with the traditions of the French decorative arts. The present pair of stools mark a unique opportunity to acquire designs from Chareau’s earliest commission which was seminal in his development of a radical and innovative design ideology that distinguished him from other modernists of the interwar period.