Rare Pierre Jeanneret Demountable Armchairs Model PJ-SI-07-A Chandigarh Circa 1953-54

Rare Pierre Jeanneret Demountable Armchairs Model PJ-SI-07-A Chandigarh Circa 1953-54

Rare and Important pair of Pierre Jeanneret Model PJ-SI-07-A Teak Armchairs (Fauteuil En Teck) also known as ‘Demountable Knock Down Chair’ Chandigarh India circa 1953-54, these extremely rare low armchairs can be dismantled, made of solid teak with iron chains, braided cane work and cotton cords, the slightly inclined backrest with cotton corded back supports with a single circular support stretcher to the middle, hand braided cane work to the seat on a solid teak frame, suspended by chains to the sides, the flat profiled armrests fixed to the backrest by screws and nuts, the horizontal, flat profiled legs connected by two circular crosspiece stretchers to the base, the chairs come with custom made cream and piped cushions, these chairs of which very few were made were amongst the first to be made when Pierre Jeanneret arrived in Chandigarh, these seats were used personally by him and his colleagues, worthy of the finest chair collection and probably the only matching pair available anywhere in the world at this time, reserve now

Provenance: Private homes in Chandigarh.

Footnotes:Examples of the model are held in the City Museum in Chandigarh, India, and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Reference material: Catalogue Raisonné Du Mobilier, Jeanneret Chandigarh by Jacques Dworczak by Assouline, Page 117