Designer
Model
lounge chairs (2) (h)
Year of origin
1955
Brand
Chandigarh India
Description
teak
cane
good original condition
h 74 / w 54 / d 62 cm
These original chairs appears in bleached teak with bended and slightly curved back. Seat and back are cane. Both chairs comes in good original condition and have a marking on the back and one on the side. Swiss-born Pierre Jeanneret was an architect and furniture designer. For many years he was in cooperation with Charlotte Perriand and moreover a partner of his famous cousin Le Corbusier. In 1950 the two men were the principal project managers for the construction of the city of Chandigarh, India where the iconic pair of chairs arose from. Apart from Perriand and Corbusier, Jean Prouvé also strongly reminds of Jeannerets optics.