Pierre Chapo's Superb B17 B Bookcase

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Rare, 284 cm long shelf by Pierre Chapo from 1976 in French elm, a now very rare wood, this component of four shelves fixed below eight consoles which wedge the books. The two vertical uprights bear on the floor. Fixing them to the wall does not support the weight of the bookcase, but only prevents it from tipping forward. formidable, monumental library...

Original "B17" bookshelf by Pierre Chapo, circa 1967, in French elmwood. One of the most iconic piece of Pierre Chapo (1927-1986). In 1967, Pierre Chapo presented new creations at the Salon des Arts Ménagers, exhibiting the B17 bookshelf for the first time. This bookcase is fixed to the wall freeing up a lot of living space. The bookshelf, whose presence surprises by its discretion and elegance, by the harmony of the lines between the uprights and the shelves (in 50 mm sections) is accentuated by the originality of the support system. Supports, as their name implies, normally prop up the shelves of a piece of furniture or else the jutting parts of buildings. Pierre Chapo decided not to take this universal law into account and modeled a support that fits into the upright, which means the shelf can be solidly fixed under its support. In a balance between gravity and the forces at play, the more weight goes on the shelf, the better its components slot into the upright. The wall unit is in the French Campagne style...

Wonderful largest version of the B17 bookcases, the B17C designed by Pierre Chapo and mad in one of his own workshops in France, 1967. This magnificent bookcase is constructed from s...

Pierre Chapo, bookcase, model 'GO', solid elm, France, 1983 This cabinet is realized according to Chapo's fundamental principles: material, form, and function. A sophisticated compo...

Old edition of the B17b library in French Elm by Pierre Chapo, France 60'. Presented at the Salon des Arts Ménagers in 1967, this bookcase breaks the rules by placing the supports ab...

A truly beautiful and well preserved B10 bookcase with adjustable shelves, designed by Pierre Chapo and was made in his own atelier in France, 1960. The B10 is one of the more famili...