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Jeanneret 5 Hole

5-Hole File Rack by Pierre Jeanneret for Chandigarh, India, Circa 1957-58
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Tokyo, JP
An authentic mid-century piece from Pierre Jeanneret’s legendary Chandigarh commission. Crafted in
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Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Teak

5-Hole File Rack by Pierre Jeanneret for Chandigarh, India, Circa 1957-58
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Tokyo, JP
An authentic mid-century piece from Pierre Jeanneret’s legendary Chandigarh commission. Crafted in
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Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Teak

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5 Hole Low Cupboard by Pierre Jeanneret
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Pierre Jeanneret file rack with five holes from the Administrative Buildings, Chandigarh, circa
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Vintage 1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Cupboards

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Teak

5 Hole Low Cupboard by Pierre Jeanneret
5 Hole Low Cupboard by Pierre Jeanneret
H 27.56 in W 36.03 in D 14.18 in
Pierre Jeanneret, File Rack, Authentic PJ-R-27-B Teak 5-Hole Rack
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Hasselt, VLI
Authentic PJ-R-27-B by Pierre Jeanneret - This double-sided low cupboard, known as “5-hole rack” or
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Vintage 1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

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Teak

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H 28.75 in W 29.53 in D 70.87 in
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By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in New York, US
c. 1960 Administration desk, Chandigarh
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File Rack PJ-050205 by Pierre Jeanneret, India, 1950s
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Antwerp, BE
File Rack; Pierre Jeanneret; Le Corbusier; Low Cupboard; D.I.H. 074; PJ-050205; Chandigarh; 1957; 1958; 1950s; India; Cabinet; Shelving Unit; Mid-Century Modern; Bookshelf; Sideboard...
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Vintage 1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Cupboards

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File Rack PJ-050205 by Pierre Jeanneret, India, 1950s
File Rack PJ-050205 by Pierre Jeanneret, India, 1950s
$18,750
H 27.96 in W 35.83 in D 14.97 in
Chest of Drawers by Pierre Jeanneret
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Chest of drawers by Pierre Jeanneret in solid teak for Chandigarh project. The chest has 3 drawers and one open compartment. Classic design and functionality are combined in one styl...
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Vintage 1960s Indian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Teak

Chest of Drawers by Pierre Jeanneret
Chest of Drawers by Pierre Jeanneret
$15,000
H 24.02 in W 38.98 in D 17.92 in
Two Pierre Jeanneret Sofa Chairs / Authentic Mid-Century Modern, Chandigarh
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Zürich, CH
Here the silhouette is strong. It is presented through the outline and shape of the pieces. The void between becomes an important part of the items itself. It demonstrates different ...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Pierre Jeanneret Storage Unit
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A solid sisso rosewood storage unit by Pierre Jeanneret for the Chandigarh Project, circa 1958. Model PJ-R-14-A This example is a survivor. Solid wood construction with inset alum...
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Vintage 1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

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Pierre Jeanneret Storage Unit
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Pierre Jeanneret PJ/JM/EC-LU-04-B Standard Lamp / Authentic Mid-Century Modern
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Zürich, CH
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Pierre Jeanneret Storage Cabinet
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pierre Jeanneret Storage Cabinet, Chest Chandigarh, India , Circa 1955 - 1965
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Pierre Jeanneret Storage Cabinet
Pierre Jeanneret Storage Cabinet
$70,560
H 42.75 in W 38.25 in D 20.25 in
Pierre Jeanneret PJ-R-26-A Periodical Book Case / Authentic Mid-Century Modern
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Zürich, CH
Sculptural qualities define this object. A vivid dynamic between the different volumes and surfaces, showing different qualities from different angles. Its expressive form offers a c...
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Vintage 1960s Indian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

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Teak

Le Corbusier and Balkrishna Doshi LC/BD-01-A Ahmedabad Console Desk, 1960s
By Le Corbusier
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Introducing te extremely rare model LC/BD-01-A console/desk by Balkrishna Doshi and Le Corbusier for Mills Owners Association, Ahmedabad c. 1960. The desk, made of solid teak, was o...
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Vintage 1950s Desks and Writing Tables

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Teak

Standard Lamp by Pierre Jeanneret for Chandigarh, India, Circa 1955-56
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Tokyo, JP
An authentic mid-century piece from Pierre Jeanneret’s legendary Chandigarh commission. Base crafted in teak wood, lamp shade made of aluminum.
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Set of 2 Pierre Jeanneret Teak and Iron Tripod Stools
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Set of 2 Pierre Jeanneret Teak and Iron Tripod Stools
Set of 2 Pierre Jeanneret Teak and Iron Tripod Stools
$10,000 / set
H 21.6 in W 13 in D 13 in
Pierre Jeanneret - Authentic PJ-R-14-A c. 1857–58 Low Cupboard
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Hasselt, VLI
Authentic PJ-R-14-A Storage Unit or Low Cupboard, c. 1957–58 by Pierre Jeanneret. Designed for the Secretariat (1958) and various administrative buildings. It has four doors equipped...
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Pierre Jeanneret - Authentic PJ-R-14-A c. 1857–58 Low Cupboard
Pierre Jeanneret - Authentic PJ-R-14-A c. 1857–58 Low Cupboard
$23,791 / item
H 18.12 in W 53.94 in D 17.72 in
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Pierre Jeanneret for sale on 1stDibs

If his famed cousin and longtime colleague Charles-Édouard Jeanneret — better known as Le Corbusier — was the visionary, then Pierre Jeanneret was the member of the architecture and design team who got things done. In recent years, Jeanneret has emerged from Le Corbusier’s shadow, as collectors have discovered his simple and striking chairs, benches, coffee tables and other furniture creations.

Jeanneret studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva and after he graduated in 1921 he became a partner in Le Corbusier’s office in Paris. The pair collaborated on numerous residential projects, most notably the Villa Savoye, the iconic modernist house in suburban Paris completed in 1931.

Jeanneret also worked with the great Charlotte Perriand on the Grand Modele line of tubular metal furnishings that was a sensation at the annual Salon d’Automne design expo in 1929. A rift developed between Jeanneret and his cousin during World War II, as the former joined the French resistance, while Le Corbusier cooperated with the occupying authorities in Vichy. The two did not work together again until 1950, when Le Corbusier persuaded Jeanneret to help execute the master plan for the new city of Chandigarh in Punjab, India. Jeanneret lived and worked there until the final years of his life.

A hallmark of Jeanneret’s furniture designs is his great sensitivity to materials. In contrast to the tubular-steel chairs produced by Marcel Breuer and other members of the Bauhaus, the chromed metal pieces designed by Jeanneret and Perriand — including such as the now-classic LC4 chaise longue and the Grand Confort lounge chair — have a sensuous, relaxed and welcoming look. Conversely, while Jeanneret uses essentially geometric forms for his wooden seating pieces, they exude warmth by nature of the material.

One of Jeanneret’s first manufactured designs in wood is the Model 92 Scissors chair, licensed by Hans and Florence Knoll when they were touring postwar France. But Jeanneret’s finest work in furniture was done in Chandigarh, and these are the pieces that have earned him recent renown.

Crafted of teak, the Chandigarh designs range from low-slung lounge chairs and armchairs with cane seats to desks and tables, most with Jeanneret’s signature drafting compass-shaped legs. Many such pieces on the market today are refurbished, having been found by dealers languishing in scrapyards in India in the late 1990s. Chandigarh is now taking better care of its modernist heritage, making available Jeanneret works all the rarer.

Find authentic vintage Pierre Jeanneret chairs, case pieces, tables and other furniture today on 1stDibs.

A Close Look at Mid-century-modern Furniture

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

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VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively. 

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.

Questions About Pierre Jeanneret
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    A Jeanneret chair is a piece of furniture designed by Pierre Jeanneret or in his style. Many of his pieces feature wood construction and clean, understated lines. Some of his most famous chairs include the Model 92 Scissors chair and the 055 Capitol Complex chair. On 1stDibs, find a range of Pierre Jeanneret chairs.