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An original Pierre Jeanneret library chair, a c.1959 design for…
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Auckland
Date:
12-Jun-2022
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An original Pierre Jeanneret library chair, a c.1959 design for the A.C Joshi library, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. Featuring the 'Banner' backrest with a slight backward lean, and 'X' double leg assembly in teak and braided cane. 'Library W/0A.C.34' is painted to the back, height 76 cm, width 46 cm, diameter 42 cm, Pierre Jeanneret spent fifteen years in India as Architect-in-Chief in the newly-created Punjab capital city and designed a whole typology of furniture to equip the buildings. His pieces are clean, functional and could be mass-produced using local materials and labour. They show the influence of the local tradition as Pierre Jeanneret selected local timber such as teak, and caning for chair seats and backs. By fusing the use of traditional Indian materials and craft with his modern design of furnishings, he introduced a new concept of Art de vivre in this newborn city. Chandigarh became a reference in terms of mid-century modernity and was inscribed on the list of Unesco world Heritage Sites in 2016. Unfortunately, many furnishings designed for Chandigarh did not survive intact into the new millennium, as they were dumped in favour of more contemporary designs or scrapped for their valuable wood.
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