Pierre JEANNERET(1896-1967) - Lot 68

Pierre JEANNERET(1896-1967) Office table in solid sisso (Indian rosewood). Top with cedar frame, covered in burgundy leather on a rosewood frame on a rosewood frame, fixed on one side by a panel forming a left one side by a panel forming a left-side base with a drawer opening on the other side, a profiled base with flat triangular crossbar. The hollowed-out round drawer opening on an aluminum base is very characteristic of characteristic of Pierre JEANNERET's work in Chandigarh. Visitor side, four central compartmentalized compartments and two side compartments. Cedar, a soft local wood, was used to fasten the leather with nails, unlike rosewood, which is dense and therefore too hard. circa 1957-58 71.5 x 122 x 83 cm Provenance: Chandigarh administrative buildings, sector 1 Note: This desk could also be covered with moleskin. Reference: A similar example in the Swiss National Museum in Zurich, in the City Museum, Chandigarh, sector 10 and the Le Corbusier Center, Chandigarh Chandigarh, sector 19 *Sold by designation (available for viewing after the sale).