CH010301
Chair known as "Cane seat wood back chair" in solid teak and braided canework. Solid "banner" type backrest, slanted and slightly curved. Canework seat and "X" type double leg assembly, with the legs connected by a rail at the back.
Circa 1959-60.
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Provenance: University Library in Chandigarh. High Court in Chandigarh (2nd series of furniture in 1960).
Reference: Swiss National Museum in Zurich. City Museum in Chandigarh.
Photo ref.: "Catalogue Leclere" Sale on 11/12/2010 in Marseille, page 36, lot no. 72. Pair sold for €1845.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Phillips de Pury & Company, similar model, sale on 25/05/2011 in New York, page 199, lot no. 153. Sold for $6250 / €4440.
Photo ref. : Similar model in the catalogue "Piasa Rive Gauche". Sale on 27/05/2014 in Paris, page 16, lot no 13. Sold for €3 572.
Photo ref. : Similar model in the catalogue "Phillips - Design London Day Sale". Sale on 28/04/2015, lot no 69. Set of six sold for £37 500 / €52 455.
Ref.: MARG magazine, "Chandigarh", 1961.
Photo ref. : Similar model in "Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, India" by Galerie Patrick Seguin, pages 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 219, 221, 250, 265, 283.
Photo ref.: Similar model in “Catalogue – Amie Siegel” Ed. Prem Krishnamurthy. Printed : die Keure 2014, pages 112, 136, 137.
Photo ref.: Similar model in "Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret l'Aventure Indienne" by Eric Touchaleaume and Gérald Moreau, page 569 under reference: PJ-SI-51-A.
