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CH011104
Lounge furniture in solid teak and cotton cloth including a sofa and two chairs. Backrest, seat and armrests slightly tilted and covered in anthracite grey cotton cloth with red piping.
"Bridge" type side leg assembly with slanted, profiled flat legs, supporting separate armrests with "roll" type stuffed covers. A front and back rail support the seat from underneath.
Circa 1955-56.
Dimensions of the sofa:
Dimensions of the armchair:
Provenance: High Court and Assembly in Chandigarh.
Photo ref.: Similar model in "Catalogue Artcurial Briest, Poulain, F.Tajan" Design sale on 19/05/2014 in Paris, page 114 and 115, lot no. 71. Sold for €88600.
Photo ref.: "Catalogue Leclere" Sale on 02/02/2015 in Marseille, lot no. 132. Sold €61642.
Photo ref.: Similar model in “Catalogue – Amie Siegel” Ed. Prem Krishnamurthy. Printed : die Keure 2014, pages 20, 21, 94, 95, 101, 122, 123, 156, 157, 184, 185, 212, 213, 286, 287.
Photo ref. : Similar model in "Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, India" by Galerie Patrick Seguin, pages 134, 135, 277, 282.
Photo ref.: Similar model in "Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret l'Aventure Indienne" by Eric Touchaleaume and Gérald Moreau, page 567 under reference: LC/PJ-SI-42-A/B.
Photo ref.: Similar model in "Chandigarh, Pierre Jeanneret" by François Laffanour - Laffanour Galerie Downtown, Paris, 2015, pages 82, 83.
