Charlotte Perriand

Patrick Seguin, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2012

Charlotte Perriand: Un Art de Vivre, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1985, p. 54 (for a related model)
Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Un Art d’Habiter, 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, pp. 420-423 (for related models)
Steph Simon: Rétrospective 1956-1974: Prouvé, Perriand, Mouille, Jouve, Noguchi, exh. cat., Galerie Downtown, Paris, 2007, pp. 66-67 and 125 (for the model in a Steph Simon prospectus)
Charlotte Perriand: L'Aventure Japonaise, exh. cat., Musée d'Art Moderne, Saint-Étienne, 2013, p. 176
Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, Complete Works Volume 2, 1940-1955, Paris, 2015, pp. 411 (for the model in a Steph Simon prospectus), 451 (for a technical drawing of the model) and 468-470 (for related models)

Overall in very good condition. The wooden surfaces have been sensitively refinished with minor discoloration, and with scattered scuffs and scratches concentrated to the outer edges, all consistent with age and gentle use. The proper left section of the top two panels with corresponding areas of professional and sensitive restoration to the extremity of the top and bottom shelves, along the depth and 3 inches in width., stable and not visually distracting. The top panel of the shorter shelf with a few faint ring marks, the longest measuring approximately 5 ¼ in. in diameter, not visually distracting. The underside of the bottom shelf with two areas of staining, fading and discoloration, not visible when the shelf is installed. The wooden areas immediately surrounding the mounting points of the lacquered metal shelves throughout with scattered rubbing and abrasions. The metal elements appears to retain their original lacquer, and with minor scattered scuffs, scratches and oxidation concentrated to the front outer edges and rear mounting points. A few of the mounting screws have been replaced. A fine example of one of Charlotte Perriand's most memorable designs.
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