“Les Arc” Chairs Selected by Charlotte Perriand

Iconic enameled wall lights by Charlotte Perriand with adjustable reflectors in rare yellow finish, optional horizontal or vertical m...

Iconic enameled wall lights by Charlotte Perriand with adjustable reflectors in rare red finish, optional horizontal or vertical moun...

Iconic enameled wall lights by Charlotte Perriand with adjustable reflectors in rare grey finish, optional horizontal or vertical mou...

Elegant cherry colored pagwood industrial dining chairs, on stackable, espresso color enameled metal frames by Galvanitas, Cut-Out in Seat for ...

Wonderful dining chairs Model S33 by Mart Stam for Fasem International, Italy, 1981, with ox blood red leather on tubular chrome plated steel frames, nice patina and very comfortable...

Wonderful early examples of the Model SE 68 side/dining chairs by Egon Eiermann for Wilde & Spieth, tubular, chrome-plated steel with lacquered wooden, ergonomically formed seats, ma...

Side chair selected by Charlotte Perriand for Les Arcs, France 1970s. This chair features a tubular steel frame and cognac leather seat. Well presented condition, with a soft overall...

This Les Arcs chair was designed and manufactured by Dal Vera, and chosen by Charlotte Perriand for the alpine resort of Les Arcs in the Tarentaise Valley during the 1960s. The frame is made of chrome metal. The seat with the backrest is made of high-quality natural leather in a cognac color. The chair is slight and comfortable. The designer called her chairs "machines for sitting", which were to fulfill the functions for which they were designed and adapt to human needs. Charlotte Perriand was a French architect and designer. Her work was aimed at creating functional living spaces in the belief that better design helps create a better society. In his article L'Art de Vivre from 1981 he states: The art of living is an extension of the art of inhabiting - living in harmony with the deepest urges of man and with his adopted or fabricated environment. At twenty-four, Charlotte Perriand approached Le Corbusier and asked to join the famous designer studio. Le Corbusier rejected it, commenting on the famous sentence that we do not embroider pillows here. A few months later, after seeing her Bar sous le toi at the Salon D'Automne exhibition in Paris, he apologized and hired her. Perriand worked for him for ten years, working with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret on many projects, most notably the tubular steel chair set...

Charlotte Perriand; Les Arcs; France; 1970s; L'Art de Vivre; Modernism; Le Corbusier; Mid-Century Modern; France; Dal Vera 'Les Arcs' chair, selected by Charlotte Perriand, France...

Les Arcs chairs with tubular chrome-plated metal framing and cognac leather seating. Chairs manufactured by Dal Vera and selected by Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) for Les Arcs, a sk...

Original Les Arcs chair by Charlotte Perriand for the ski resort of the same name designed and project managed by Perriand. Beautiful patina on the leather riveted to the black tubul...

Stunning set of chairs 2, Designed by Charlotte Perriand for and used in the Ski Resort Les Arcs, circa 1960. These chairs were commissioned to be made by DalVera, one of the best Italian furniture...