CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
Model commonly known as Méribel designed around 1941, series acquired at the Steph Simon Gallery around 1960.
Suite of 8 chairs.
The cylindrical legs in ash are joined under the seats by cruciform spacers. The curved back bands in solid ash; the profiled upper edges. Straw seats.
H. 76cm – L. 42cm – P. 42cm
Provenance:
Succession X., Mantes-la-Ville. Work acquired from the Steph Simon Gallery around 1960. This suite of chairs was part of a complete layout designed by decorator Colas Guérin for Mr. and Mrs. X., including a furniture set by Charlotte Perriand.
Bibliography:
– Art & Décoration – N°9 de 1948. Modèle identique reproduit page 9.
– Aujourd’hui Art et Architecture – N°7 de mars 1956. Modèle identique reproduit page 70.
– Jacques Barsac – Charlotte Perriand – L’oeuvre complète, volume 2,
1940-1955 – Éditions Archives Charlotte Perriand/Norma, Paris, 2015.
L’original du plan et de l’élévation de notre modèle de siège reproduit page 102, des modèles identiques reproduits page 161.
– Jacques Barsac – Charlotte Perriand – L’oeuvre complète, volume 3, 1956-1968 – Éditions Archives Charlotte Perriand/Norma, Paris, 2015. Modèles identiques reproduits pages 268, 333 et 336.