C H A R L O T T E P E R R I A N D
One of the most influential furniture
designers of the early modern movement,
CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
introduced the ‘machine age’ aesthetic to interiors in the steel, aluminium and
glass furniture she created at Le Corbusier’s architectural studio in the late
1920s and 1930s. She then continued her experiments with different materials.
WHY WE LOVE HER...
When the 24 year old Charlotte Perriand strode into Le Corbusier’s studio at 35 rue de Sèvres, Paris in 1927, and asked him to hire her as a furniture designer, his response was terse. “We don’t embroider cushions here,” he replied and showed her the door. A few months later Le Corbusier apologised.
After being taken by his cousin Pierre Jeanneret to see the glacial Bar sous le Toît, or rooftop bar that Perriand had created in glass, steel and aluminium, for the Salon D’Automne exhibition in Paris, Le Corbusier invited her to join his studio.
two 1970's Arm chair
three Ski Resort Sofa (1968)
four Les Arcs Bar stools
five 1972, Les Arc Chair
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