Charles Edouard JEANNERET dit le Corbusier (1887... Lot 17

Charles Edouard JEANNERET dit le Corbusier (1887 - 1965) & Pierre JEANNERET (1896 - 1967) & Charlotte PERRIAND (1903 - 1999) Thonet edition Model B306 Long chair Four-blade base with wing profile joined by spacers, supporting a free-standing seat in curved metal tubing upholstered in thick cotton fabric held in place by straps at the back. Publisher's pastille H. 65 cm - W. 156 cm - D. 54 cm Wear, oxidation, missing parts Provenance Monsieur P. Collection, Paris Bibliography: "Le monde nouveau de Charlotte Perriand", Paris, Gallimard/ Fondation Louis Vuitton, 2019. Similar copy p.73 The B306 chair was created by Charlotte PERRIAND at the instigation of Charles Édouard JEANNERET to furnish the Church and La Roche villas in 1928. The model was designed for complete repose, based on the shapes of Dr. Pascaud's Surrepos chairs (1925) and Thonet's 1880 rocking chair. Patented under the name of the three architects in 1929, Charlotte PERRIAND specified that no mechanism was needed to tilt the chair. First published in 1930 by Thonet, distribution and publishing were taken over by Cassina in 1965.