PIERRE JEANNERET (1896-1967)
PIERRE JEANNERET (1896-1967)

A PAIR OF `KANGOUROU' CHAIRS, CIRCA 1955

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PIERRE JEANNERET (1896-1967)
A PAIR OF 'KANGOUROU' CHAIRS, CIRCA 1955
teak, caning
each 26 in. (66 cm.) high

Lot Essay

cf. E. Touchaleaume and G. Moreau, Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret: The Indian Adventure Design Art Architecture, Montreal, 2010, p. 570 for similar models here referred to as the ‘Z’ type leg and pp. 306-307 (referred to as a low fireside chair);
Galerie Patrick Seguin, Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret Chandigarh, India, 1951-66, Paris, 2014, pp. 204-205 and 284 for examples of this model.

Very few examples of this rare low chair were made. `Kangourou' chairs were found in the Chandigarh General Hospital waiting area and in a limited number of private residences.

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