Design
Design
The Ginny Williams Collection
LE CORBUSIER, CHARLOTTE PERRIAND AND PIERRE JEANNERET | CHAISE LONGUE, MODEL NO. B306
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October 8, 05:34 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Ginny Williams Collection
LE CORBUSIER, CHARLOTTE PERRIAND AND PIERRE JEANNERET
CHAISE LONGUE, MODEL NO. B306
executed circa 1930s
likely manufactured by Gebrüder Thonet, Frankenberg
tubular lacquered steel, hide and leather upholstery
25½ x 64¼ x 21 in. (64.7 x 163 x 53.3 cm)
Mary McLeod, ed., Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003, pp. 12-13, 38, 47, 49, 132, 179 and 205
Arthur Rüegg, ed., Charlotte Perriand: Livre de Bord, 1928-1933, Basel, 2004, pp. 36-37 (for a discussion of the design process), 55, 60, 64-65, 68-71, 74-77, 82, 246-248, 278 (for a discussion of production variants) and folios 37-40 (for drawings and photos reproduced from Perriand’s log book)
Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, Complete Works, Vol. 3: 1956-1968, Zurich, 2017, pp. 122-123 and 129