A SET OF THREE PIERRE JEANNERET TEAK AND CANEWORK 'CONFÉRENCE' ARMCHAIRS

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The following thirteen lots originate from the Architectural commission instigated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in 1950. Following the country's independence in 1947 a new city was planned to be built in the foothills of the Himalayas. The city named Chandigarh was planned as a confident expression of Nehru's dreams for a new India. Le Corbusier was the most notable of three architects who were employed to realise Nehru's dream for a new city of space, light, fresh air and modernity. Le Corbusier's cousin Pierre Jeanneret was employed to design furniture for many of the buildings.

A SET OF THREE PIERRE JEANNERET TEAK AND CANEWORK 'CONFÉRENCE' ARMCHAIRS

CIRCA 1952-56

Details

A SET OF THREE PIERRE JEANNERET TEAK AND CANEWORK 'CONFÉRENCE' ARMCHAIRS
CIRCA 1952-56
canework seat and back
largest example 32 in. (81 cm.) high; 20¼ in. (51 cm.) wide; 19¼ in. (49 cm.) deep (3)

Literature

E. Touchaleaume & Moreau, Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret: The Indian Adventure, Design-Art-Architecture, Paris, 2010, p. 562-563 (design illustrated)

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