Teak lounge furniture

Lounge furniture in solid teak and cotton cloth including a sofa and two chairs. Backrest, seat and armrests slightly tilted and covered in light grey cotton cloth with anthracite grey 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:

(sofa) 

• Height: 29.9 in / 76 cm.
• Length: 62.2 in / 158 cm.
• Depth: 31.5 in / 80 cm. (+/-).

(armchairs) 

• Height: 29.9 in / 76 cm.
• Length: 29.5 in / 75 cm.
• Depth: 31.5 in / 80 cm. (+/-).

Provenance: High Court and Assembly in Chandigarh, sector 1.

Photo ref.: Catalogue "Artcurial Briest, Poulain, F.Tajan" similar model in light brown skin, Design sale on 19/05/2014 in Paris, page 114 and 115, lot no. 71. Sold for €88600.

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.