CATHEDRAE Perriand Chair No. 19 | Charlotte Perriand Style
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Replica chair, model no. 19 by Charlotte Perriand, from 'L'Equipement de la Maison'. Available in various finishes as per client request Made following the artisanal manufacturing process in turned oak wood. Seat & back made of straw (enea) & handwoven. The realization of the backrest is highly complex as it is worked with two-sided vision. With this edition we have recovered the few artisans capable of carrying out this work so that they transmit their technique to young people & do not fall into oblivion. Used materials: oak wood & natural cane. Height: 82cm / 32.3 Inches Width:42.7 cm / 16.8 Inches Depth: 44.5 cm / 17.5 Inches (Front to back) Seat Height: 44.5cm / 17.5 Inches Charlotte Perriand 1903-1999 Born in 1903, Charlotte Perriand exudes the optimism & energy of the 20th century in her life & her work. As a young designer in the studio of Le Corbusier, Perriand absorbed the values integral to his architecture for modern living: a commitment to function, a focus on simple harmonies of form & color. Perriand created above all design for living. in Perriand's world, life is lived through design; & good design allows freedom of movement & harmony of the spirit with the environment. Her many designs for storage units, free-form desks & pre-fabricated houses seem whimsical at first; though they stem from her participation in utopian planning movements of the early 20th century. Each design has a positive role to play in daily life: streamlining work, facilitating order, & fostering independence or community as the situation demands. While Perriand celebrated the role of technology in modern living; her enthusiasm was inflected by an abiding interest in the natural world. Her dwellings are optimized for sunlight on a summer morning or cooling breezes in the afternoon. An avid outdoorswoman & traveler, Perriand often searched for design solutions in the materials & craft traditions of the regions where she worked; an approach enriched by her travels to Japan & Indochina during the forties. Isolated from European technology by world war; she turned to paper, bamboo & ceramics, reassessing her work in light of the serene minimalism of Japanese aesthetics. Accordingly, Perriand's interiors are never simply rooms filled with objects. They are spaces full of light & air where work & play are carried on in accordance with the rhythms of the life & nature. She collaborated closely throughout her life with colleagues Le Corbusier & his cousin Pierre Jeanneret. The designs are both reminiscent of their & peer Jean Prouvs ideas. Literature Boris J. Lacroix, 'Mobiliers et ensembles de vacances', Art et Dcoration, no. 9, 1948, pp. 4-5 for the armchair Mary McLeod, ed., Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003, pp. 136, 160, 171, 173, 176, 179 Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, Un art d'habiter 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, pp. 275, 297, 305, 335 Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand Complete Works, Volume 2, 1940-1955, Paris, 2015, pp. 155, 157-58,
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