The fauteuil Grand Confort model presented at the Salon d’Automne in 1929 as part of the équipement intérieur d’une habitation was first created for the Villa Church habitation in Ville d’Avray in 1928.
The first table in this series was designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1938 for her studio in Montparnasse. The model identified by Cassina as the most suitable for modern living spaces was on show at an exhibition at the Petit Palais in Paris in 2011 and is now being re-released. The table is in solid oak and has a rounded surface.
TABOURET MÉRIBEL (1961-1962)
HIGH STOOL. It takes its name from the chalet in Méribel, France where Charlotte Perriand had a home and where over the year she reinterpreted the local architecture.
Container unit in black painted wood, embossed exterior and bordeaux interior.
Sliding doors in satin-finished aluminium, clear painted.
Interior shelves in satin-finished aluminium, clear painted.
The unit can be wall-fixed by a metal frame or equipped with high or low support feet.
Chaise-longue with adjustable polished chrome plated or matte black enamel steel frame. Matte black enamel steel base.
Mat:
- ponyskin or cowskin (black leather headrest)
- leather (headrest in black leather or in the same colour as the mat)
- special beige canvas (natural, dark brown or black headrest and footrest).
Headrest with polyester padding.
Revolving small armchair with polished chrome plated or glossy basalt, grey, light blue, green, bordeaux and ochre or mat black enamel steel frame.
Available in two versions: with 4 or 5 legs. Back and seat cushion padded with CFC-free polyurethane foam and polyester wadding.
Leather or fabric upholstery.
A sculptural, visually dynamic form, is the unique characteristic of this low table. The table top in mat lacquered black wood is supported by four legs that are elliptic in section.
A lightweight chair designed by Charlotte Perriand which, in terms of size and proportions, is inspired by Japanese traditions. A chair that, like a sheet of paper, takes its form from graceful folds, developed from a single die-pressed piece of curved ply in natural or stained black oak.
On June 11th 2013 at 11 am Phillips will present there summer design auction featuring 115 lots. The collectible design objects will be on view from the 5th of June at 450 Park Avenue, New York City.
Phillips is proud to announce highlights from the upcoming April Design auction, featuring 267 lots with a combined pre-sale low estimate of £3.9m and a pre-sale high estimate of £5.6m.
Paris
On the evening of Wednesday November 21st 2012 Christies Paris will host an auction of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design. The sale brings together a large collection of midcentury french design, with collectible design market favourites: Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Diego Giacometti, Charlotte Perriand, and Jean Prouvé.
1903-1999
Charlotte Perriand from the first decades of the twentieth century, brought about a profound change in aesthetic values and gave birth to a truly modern sensitivity towards everyday life.
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