Teak bookcase

PIERRE JEANNERET

CH050108


Bookcase for periodicals in solid teak and teak veneer. Quadrangular structure in solid teak supporting thirty identical compartments, all with a sliding door in veneered teak.

When closed, the doors are slightly slanted and present a rim forming a magazine stand at the bottom.

Circa 1960-61.

Dimensions:

  • Height: 206 cm.
  • Length: 193 cm.
  • Depth: 44 cm. (+/-).

Not restored. Signs of wear on the patina.

Provenance: Panjab University Library in Chandigarh (sector 14). Five copies of this piece are said to have been made.

Photo ref.: Similar model in "Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh India" by the Gallery Patrick Seguin, page 192.

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