Pair of French Art Deco Armchairs

after a design by Charlotte Perriand and of unknown period manufacture

Raymond Régamey, "Le XVI Salon des Artistes Décorateurs," Art et Décoration, July 1926, p. 24 (for a period illustration showing the original Perriand design at the sixteenth Salon des Artistes Décorateurs)
Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Un Art d'Habiter, 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, pp. 23 and 31 

In generally good overall condition. Some fading to the wood overall. Some glue repairs and separations notably at the joins. Some shrinkage repairs to the faceted back panels of the chair backs some of which have infill, veneer splice and inpainted restoration. One leg with a spliced repair. The other chair with a 2 x 1 inch section of veneer loss to the seat rail. Both with scattered minor chip losses to veneer. Later leather-like upholstery.
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