Charlotte PERRIAND, “selection” for Arc Mobilier, Résidence La Cachette, Les Arcs 1600 ski resort, 1969/70.

Exceptional lounge set comprising a curved sofa, three stained beech low chairs, foam cushions, and original wool covers.
While the variant of the low chair with an inclined backrest and higher legs is known in a few examples, our variant of the low chair with short legs and a straight backrest, matching the curved sofa, fitted with their biomorphic cushions dressed in two-tone wool covers in emblematic 70s brown and white shades, are the only known examples to date.

Sofa: H. 80 cm, D. 100 cm, overall dimensions 200 x 200 cm

Three low chairs: H. 80 cm x W. 68 cm x D. 100 cm.

According to specialist Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand’s involvement seems to have been limited to the selection of furniture for Résidence La Cachette, but in this case, the fact that the creator’s identity is not mentioned anywhere raises questions.
Furthermore, Charlotte Perriand being the creator of several models of low tubular chairs from the 1930s and bamboo or wood chairs in the 1940s/50s, we believe she holds a share of the creation in this furniture for La Cachette.

Arc Mobilier Selection

” The goal is to select contemporary furniture and objects in harmony with the interior architecture (…) Charlotte Perriand takes this mission to heart to preserve the coherence of her interiors. (….) At Charlotte Perriand’s initiative, R. Godino undertakes the creation of a shop, Arc Mobilier, (…) to offer owners a range of carefully selected furniture and objects (…). The creation of Arc Mobilier is reminiscent of the approach of “Formes utiles”, a movement she co-founded within the Union of Modern Artists in the late 1940s, which revived the idea of the “bazaar” that Francis Jourdain had wanted to create for the 1937 Paris International Exhibition, with her complicity. Arc Mobilier is both an update of the first exhibition “Formes utiles, objets de notre temps” presented at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in 1949 and of the Steph Simon gallery, which struggled to survive in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. ”

cf. Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, an architect in the mountains, Editions Norma, Paris, 2023, pp. 421-423