Teak lounge furniture

Lounge furniture in solid teak and cotton cloth. A sofa and two low chairs upholstered in light grey cotton cloth with black piping.

Slightly tilted backrests and seats. Low "compass" type leg assemblies in teak with profiled flat legs, connected by rails.

Circa 1955-56.

Dimensions:

(sofa)

• Height: 33.1 in / 84 cm.
• Length: 55.1 in / 140 cm.
• Depth: 31.5 in / 80 cm.

(low chairs)

• Height: 33.1 in /  84 cm.
• Length: 22.4 in / 57.5 cm.
• Depth: 31.5 in / 80 cm. (+/-).

Provenance: High Court in Chandigarh (1955), Panjab University (sector 14) and student housing in Chandigarh.

Photo ref.: "Catalogue Leclere" Sale on 02/02/2015 in Marseille, lot no. 116. Sold €77 996.

Photo ref.: Catalogue Bonhams – Design, similar model in white skin foal, sale on 21/06/2016 in New York, lot no. 58, page 55. Sold for $75000 / €66157.

Photo ref.: "Architectural Digest" magazine, September-October 2011, page 148.

Photo ref. : Similar model in "Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, India" by Galerie Patrick Seguin, page 140.

Photo ref.: Similar model in “Catalogue – Amie Siegel” Ed. Prem Krishnamurthy. Printed : die Keure 2014, pages 27, 140, 141, 226, 227.

Photo ref.: Similar model in "Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret l'Aventure Indienne" by Eric Touchaleaume and Gérald Moreau, page 565 under reference: PJ-SI-36-A et PJ-SI-36-B.

Photo ref.: Similar model in "Chandigarh, Pierre Jeanneret" by François Laffanour - Laffanour Galerie Downtown, Paris, 2015, page 85.