Skip to main content
  • Want more images or videos?
    Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 21

Charlotte Perriand Cansado Bench, circa 1950

About the Item

Bench designed by Charlotte Perriand. Edited by Steph Simon. Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania (Africa). In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Materials: Wood, metal Dimensions: D 70 cm x W 260 cm x H 24 cm. About designer: Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) she was born in Paris in 1903 and attended the E´cole de l'Union centrale des Arts de´coratifs from 1920-1925. Charlotte Perriand designed furniture made of anodized aluminum and chromium-plated steel, showing it at the 1927 "Salon d'Automne" in Paris. After meeting Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand worked with him and Pierre Jeanneret until 1937. The revolutionary tubular steel furnishings and system furniture designed by the three were presented as "E´quipement de l'habitation" (home equipment) at the 1929 "Salon d'Automne," where they were widely acclaimed. In 1930 the Union Des Artistes Modernes (UAM) was founded in Paris, a group that viewed itself as a countermovement challenging such establishment organizations as the "Salon d'Automne" and also advocated Art Deco and Modernism. From 1931 Charlotte Perriand showed her own work solo there. In 1937 Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret collaborated on designing a mountain chalet of sheet aluminum, which they showed at the "Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne" and later they came up with plans for prefab houses made of aluminum. In 1940 Charlotte Perriand became a design consultant to the Japanese Board of Trade. She lived in Japan until 1946 and from then on Charlotte Perriand's designs reveal overtones of the Japanese feeling for form, as shown by the 1953 chair "Synthe'se des Arts." Important information regarding color(s) of products: Actual colors may vary. This is due to the fact that every computer monitor, laptop, tablet and phone screen has a different capability to display colors and that everyone sees these colors differently. We try to edit our photos to show all of our products as life-like as possible, but please understand the actual color may vary slightly from your monitor Important information regarding image of products: The item that it selling is on the first image.
  • Creator:
    Charlotte Perriand (Designer),Steph Simon (Manufacturer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9.45 in (24 cm)Width: 74.81 in (190 cm)Depth: 27.56 in (70 cm)
  • Style:
    Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1950
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses.
  • Seller Location:
    Barcelona, ES
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: SL.6.03.23.GB.901stDibs: LU1427233145302

Shipping & Returns

  • Shipping
    Retrieving quote...
    Ships From: Barcelona, Spain
  • Return Policy

    A return for this item may be initiated within 1 day of delivery.

1stDibs Buyer Protection Guaranteed
If your item arrives not as described, we’ll work with you and the seller to make it right. Learn More
About the Seller
4.9
Located in Barcelona, Spain
Platinum Seller
These expertly vetted sellers are 1stDibs' most experienced sellers and are rated highest by our customers.
Established in 2015
1stDibs seller since 2015
1,291 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 4 hours
More From This SellerView All
  • Charlotte Perriand Cansado Bench with a Drawer, circa 1958
    By Charlotte Perriand
    Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
    This stunning bench with drawer was designed by the renowned French designer Charlotte Perriand in 1958, while working on a project in Cite Cansado, Mauritania. The bench is made of ...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Benches

    Materials

    Metal

  • Charlotte Perriand Cansado Bench with a Drawer, circa 1958
    By Charlotte Perriand
    Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
    Bench with side table and drawer and cushions from Cite Cansado, Mauritania. Designed by Charlotte Perriand in France circa 1958. Mahogany w...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Benches

    Materials

    Metal

  • Charlotte Perriand Cansado Table, circa 1950
    By Charlotte Perriand
    Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
    Table designed by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1950. Wood, metal frame legs. Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania (Africa). In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) she was born in Paris in 1903 and attended the E´cole de l'Union centrale des Arts de´coratifs from 1920-1925. Charlotte Perriand designed furniture made of anodized aluminium and chromium-plated steel, showing it at the 1927 "Salon d'Automne" in Paris. After meeting Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand worked with him and Pierre Jeanneret until 1937. The revolutionary tubular steel furnishings and system furniture designed by the three were presented as "E´quipement de l'habitation" (home equipment) at the 1929 "Salon d'Automne," where they were widely acclaimed. In 1930 the Union Des Artistes Modernes (UAM) was founded in Paris, a group that viewed itself as a countermovement challenging such establishment organizations as the "Salon d'Automne" and also advocated Art Deco and Modernism. From 1931 Charlotte Perriand showed her own work solo there. In 1937 Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret collaborated on designing a mountain chalet of sheet aluminium, which they showed at the "Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne" and later they came up with plans for prefab houses...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

    Materials

    Metal

  • Charlotte Perriand Cansado Table, circa 1950
    By Charlotte Perriand
    Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
    Table designed by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1950. Wood, metal frame legs. Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania (Africa). In original condition, with wear consistent with age and ...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

    Materials

    Metal

  • Charlotte Perriand Cansado Sideboard, circa 1950
    By Charlotte Perriand
    Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
    Sideboard designed by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1950. Edited by Steph Simon, (France). Steel base, wood structure and grips, lacquered sliding doors. Provenance: Cansado, Maurit...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Buffets

    Materials

    Wood

  • Charlotte Perriand Console Cite Cansado, circa 1950
    By Charlotte Perriand
    Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
    Console designed by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1950. Manufactured in France, circa 1950. Black laminated plastic-covered plywood, painted steel. In good original condition, with ...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

    Materials

    Metal

People Also Browsed
  • Louis Paolozzi Orange Wool Armchair on Tubular Base, Manufactured by Zol, 1950s
    By Louis Paolozzi
    Located in Wolfurt, AT
    Armchair designed by Louis Paolozzi and made by Zol during the 1950s. It is composed of a tubular base, a wood structure covered with foam and original orange wool fabric. Feel free...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Chairs

    Materials

    Brass

  • Pair of Leather Tubular Chairs
    Located in Brooklyn, NY
    Chairs with original leather from the 1970's Seat height 16" Located in Brooklyn
    Category

    Mid-20th Century French Bauhaus Chairs

    Materials

    Metal

  • Leather and Metal Side Chair in the Style of Jacques Adnet, France, c. 1950s
    By Jacques Adnet
    Located in New York City, NY
    Leather and Metal Chair in the style of Jacques Adnet, France, c. 1950s. Simple yet sophisticated design consists of a clean tubular metal frame, leather seat, and hand-tied leathe...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s French Side Chairs

    Materials

    Metal

  • Spectacular Fifties Etagere from Bonbon shop in Paris for Exclusive Objects
    By Isamu Noguchi
    Located in IJMuiden, NL
    This item is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beach, check last pictures on this listing and/or find more details on his family name plus eu, is for sale soon too. :-) Beautiful iconic fifties eye catcher étagère for small eye catchers ! This display was decades in a chocolate shop in Paris...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Cupboards

    Materials

    Brass

  • Bedroom Suite by Colette Gueden
    By Colette Gueden
    Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
    Bedroom suite by French designer Colette Gueden, comprised of a double bed, a chair and a wide and low armchair. The structure is of tubular metal pai...
    Category

    20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bedroom Sets

    Materials

    Metal

  • Pierre Guariche Cast Aluminum Tulip Chairs for Steiner, France, circa 1954
    By Pierre Guariche
    Located in Chicago, IL
    Cast aluminum Tulip chairs by Pierre Guariche for Steiner, France, 1954. Sculpted and curved cast aluminum seat with an opening on the seat on sleek four leg black tubular metal bas...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Chairs

    Materials

    Aluminum

  • Poet Bench by Alfredo Häberli
    Located in Geneve, CH
    The poet bench by Alfredo Häberli. Dimensions: D 84 x W 180 x H 74 cm. Materials: steel tubular legs and steel sheets for seating, covered in cataphoresis and painted in polyester ...
    Category

    2010s Spanish Modern Benches

    Materials

    Steel

  • Daybed model "Scal" by Jean Prouvé
    By Jean Prouvé
    Located in lyon, FR
    Bench model "Scal" by Jean Prouvé. Good condition. Circa 1940 Mattress and bolster in dark blue fabric (not original). Legs and structure in metal. The metal has been repainted in...
    Category

    Vintage 1940s Mauritanian Mid-Century Modern Benches

    Materials

    Metal

  • Charlotte Perriand Cansado Bench in Ash, circa 1959 - 1967
    By Charlotte Perriand, Steph Simon
    Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
    Charlotte Perriand ’s Bench with thirteen solid ash slats, resting on a structure in black lacquered metal. Foam trim covered with a linen sheet in Mokk...
    Category

    Vintage 1960s Mauritanian Mid-Century Modern Daybeds

    Materials

    Metal

  • 1950s French Mullca Vintage Stacking School, Dining Chairs
    By Mullca
    Located in Hook, Hampshire
    1950s French Mullca vintage stacking school, dining chairs, aqua model 510, good quantity available 1950s French Mullca vintage stacking school, di...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s French Dining Room Chairs

    Materials

    Birch

You May Also Like
  • Charlotte Perriand Cansado Bench in Ash, circa 1959 - 1967
    By Charlotte Perriand, Steph Simon
    Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
    Charlotte Perriand ’s Bench with thirteen solid ash slats, resting on a structure in black lacquered metal. Foam trim covered with a linen sheet in Mokk...
    Category

    Vintage 1960s Mauritanian Mid-Century Modern Daybeds

    Materials

    Metal

  • Charlotte Perriand Cansado Bench / Authentic Mid-Century Modern Paris, 1958
    By Charlotte Perriand
    Located in Zürich, CH
    Charlotte Perriand counts as one of the masters of French modernist design together with Le Corbusier, Jean Prouvé or Pierre Jeanneret. Her works are highly valued until present time...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Benches

    Materials

    Iron

  • Charlotte Perriand Cansado Table, Cité Cansado, Mauritania
    By Charlotte Perriand
    Located in New York, NY
    Charlotte Perriand - Cansado table, Cité Cansado, Mauritania Laminated plywood, painted metal Ed. Steph Simon.
    Category

    Vintage 1950s French Console Tables

    Materials

    Metal

  • Charlotte Perriand Style Sitting Bench or Side Table in Wood Pine, France, 1970s
    By Charlotte Perriand
    Located in Rome, IT
    Sitting bench or side table in pine wood in the style of the French designer Charlotte Perriand. Made in France in the 1970s.
    Category

    Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Benches

    Materials

    Wood, Pine

  • Mid-Century Modern 10 Foot Coffee Table or Bench, circa 1950, Custom
    By Charles and Ray Eames
    Located in Las Vegas, NV
    This is a solid and well crafted, custom, 8 leg cocktail table or bench from 1950's. Polished black Formica top and edge trim veneer over plywood. Measures 117 in. long, just shy o...
    Category

    Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

    Materials

    Formica, Plywood

  • George Nelson Style Platform Bench 1950's
    By George Nelson, Herman Miller
    Located in Rochester, NY
    Slatted wood platform bench / low table in the style of George Nelson for Herman Miller. All original condition with nicely aged finish to grained oak top and ebonized legs. Circa 19...
    Category

    Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Benches

    Materials

    Wood

Recently Viewed

View More

The 1stDibs Promise

Learn More

Expertly Vetted Sellers

Confidence at Checkout

Price-Match Guarantee

Exceptional Support

Buyer Protection

Trusted Global Delivery