Eclectic | New York
Eclectic | New York
CHARLOTTE PERRIAND, LE CORBUSIER AND PIERRE JEANNERET | ''BASCULANT'' ARMCHAIR, MODEL NO. B301
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May 1, 07:27 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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CHARLOTTE PERRIAND, LE CORBUSIER AND PIERRE JEANNERET
1903-1999, 1887-1965 and 1896-1967
''BASCULANT'' ARMCHAIR, MODEL NO. B301
probably manufactured by Thonet, Germany
chromium-plated tubular steel, canvas
Height: 25¾ in. (65.4 cm.)
Designed 1928, executed circa 1932.
Max Terrier, ‘’Meubles Métalliques,’’ Art et Décoration, February 1930, pp. 45 and 49
Alexander von Vegesack, ed., Thonet Tubular Steel Furniture: Card Catalogue, ca. 1931, reprinted, Weil am Rhein, 1989, n.p.
George H. Marcus, Le Corbusier: Inside the Machine for Living, New York, 2000, pp. 9, 92-93, 95, 111, 120, 132-133 and 135
Mary McLeod, ed., Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003, pp. 12, 38, 45, 51, 53, 54, 61, 64, 179, and 203
Arthur Rüegg, ed., Charlotte Perriand: Livre de Bord, 1928-1933, Basel, 2004, pp. 30-33 (for a discussion of the design and production of the model), 60, 64 (for the model as illustrated in a Thonet catalogue), 68, 70-71, 75-76, 79, 242-243, and 275 (for a listing of early production models)