Teak filing cabinet

Filing cabinet in solid teak and teak veneer. Quadrangular body with two large asymmetric veneered doors opening with wooden handles. Interior divided into twenty compartments. Pair of tall "compass" type side legs affixed to the sides of the body and connected by two rails.

Circa 1960.

Dimensions:

• Height: 185 cm.
• Length: 163.5 cm.
• Depth: 66 cm (+/-). 

Provenance: Administrative buildings in Chandigarh.

History: the only example listed to date.

Photo ref.: Similar model in "Catalogue Artcurial Briest, Poulain, F.Tajan" Design sale on 19/05/2014 in Paris, page 112 and 113, lot no. 70.

Photo ref.: "Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret l'Aventure Indienne" by Eric Touchaleaume and Gérald Moreau, page 592  under reference: PJ-R-02-A.