Lot 155
  • 155

Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret

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Description

  • Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret
  • Cabinet
  • oak and mahogany

Provenance

Private collection, Grenoble

Literature

Mary McLeod, ed., Charlotte Perriand:  An Art of Living, New York, 2003, p. 136 (for the Equipement de la Maison publicity sheet showing the model)
Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand:  Un Art d’Habiter, 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, pp. 275, 277, 316 and 335 (for similar models and the catalogue pages from Équipement de la Maison  and Bureau du Coordination du Bâtiment )

Catalogue Note

In 1946, Équipement de la Maison began producing furniture designed by Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret, and the model offered here appears in their 1947 catalogue.  The design was a collaboration between the two, with Perriand originally designing the model in 1939 and Jeanneret adapting it six years later.  In 1951, Bureau du Coordination du Bâtiment began producing the line of furniture as well, and both companies manufactured the pieces simultaenously for approximately one year, until Équipement de la Maison ceased production around 1952.

The interior design of this cabinet, comprising various compartments and two drawers, denotes it as the "bureau" model of the three-door cabinet.