René MARTIN (XX) Suite of four chairs, circa 1955,... Lot 49

René MARTIN (XX) Suite of four chairs, circa 1955, in stained pine with backsplash and shaped seat on four tapered tapered legs. H. 60 cm. - L.: 32 cm. - D. : 37 cm. Provenance : - Méribel winter sports resort, France. Note: René Martin was Charlotte Perriand's cabinetmaker at Méribel-les-Allues. "In the Allues valley we had two young carpenters who worked for us, one Chardonnet, the other Martin, known as Ciseaux, both raised in the good tradition of carpenters from father to son, capable of making anything and even of innovating with talent". Charlotte PERRIAND, Une vie de création, op. cit. p. 225.