CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)

A PADOUK FOLDING CONSOLE TABLE, 1952

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CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
A Padouk Folding Console Table, 1952
35½ in. (90 cm.) high, 35½ in. (67 cm.) wide, 35½ in. (67 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Unité d'Habitation Air France, Brazzaville.

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie 54, Aménagements de l'Unité d'Habitation Air France Brazzaville par Charlotte Perriand et Jean Prouvé, November 2002-March 2003.

Lot Essay

Charlotte Perriand designed these console tables for the laundry room of the big apartments. Apart from the present two console tables, only one other example has been discovered.

cf. J. Barsac, ed., Charlotte Perriand - Un art d'habiter, Paris, 2005, p. 333 for an example of this model.

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