Pierre Jeanneret Chair India

The design was just one of several by jeanneret that would be.

Pierre jeanneret chair india.

The design was just one of several by swiss architect pierre jeanneret who was recruited by his cousin famed architect le corbusier and tasked with creating furniture for a newly minted modern city in india s punjab province called chandigarh. He designed finally in india a sofa chair for sale from the high courty. Our productions are located in chandigarh india and are made with the same techniques and materials as used by pierre jeanneret and le corbusier. The seat and back are upholstered with cane matching the design very nicely.

The historic chandigarh furniture of pierre jeanneret by lisanne dickson. In the art design auction on june 24 2018 toomey co. Initially brought about by swiss architect and furniture designer pierre jeanneret in 1950s chandigarh india it was created as a type of functional necessity. This pierre jeanneret office chair arm chair is a historic piece of vintage design furniture.

Sofa and lamp then also desk or side table daybed living room chair or file racks. When swiss architect pierre jeanneret devised a teak and cane chair in the 1950s his reasoning was simple. At the same time he created a furniture style to be used for the government offices and a. So p galerie has a focus on mid century furniture.

Pierre jeanneret made his famous arm chair also as vintage furniture. We restore and build newly made unique pierre jeanneret chairs to the exact detail. Charlotte perriand came with her nuage and forme libre table. It is made of high quality wood.

Auctioneers offered a pair of unrestored pierre jeanneret committee armchairs model pj si 30 a from the architectural city of chandigarh india rarely do completely original examples come to market. When le corbusier opted out halfway through jeanneret became the undertaking s chief architect and urban designer. It was dubbed an expression of the nation s faith in the future by india s first prime. In recent years jeanneret has emerged from le corbusier s shadow as collectors have discovered his simple and striking furniture creations.

If his famed cousin and longtime colleague charles édouard jeanneret better known as le corbusier was the visionary then pierre jeanneret was the member of the architecture and design team who got things done. This is a highly recognizable and celebrated design by jeanneret. It was manufactured in and for the architectural city of chandigarh india in the 1950s. Most jeanneret furniture from chandigarh is fully restored.

The people needed seats. It has a strong geometric structure. In the early 1950s pierre jeanneret began a new project at chandigarh in india at the invitation of his cousin le corbusier then at work on a groundbreaking architectural program there.