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Charlotte Perriand 

Steph Simon Gallerie

Jean Prouvé’s ateliers

1951

France 

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Made in 1951, for the L’Unité d’Habitation in Marseille.

 

We have a unique opportuinty to present you these sliding doors deisgned by Charlotte Perriand. 

(From a private collection) 

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Four parts and frame, natural oak, white industrial lacquer coating, two layers: an old oil-based layer and a second acrylic layer

 

overall dimensions:

 

height 197.8 cm, width 238 cm, depth 13.4 cm

large doors: 144.9 x 112.3 x 7.4 cm

small doors 44.1 x 112.2 x 6.1 cm

Provenance:
Unité d’Habitation de Marseille 280 Boulevard Michelet apartment 134

 

Unesco Heritage since 2015

 

From a private collection, Belgium, purchased in 2013.

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The wardrobe for which these doors were used was in apartment no. 134. The doors were marketed by the gallery of Steph Simon and manufactured in Jean Prouvé’s ateliers, where architects could order them.

 

Lit. 
 

-L’Equipement de l’Habitation de Marseille, L’Architecture d’aujourd’hui, Paris, April 1952 (advertisement featuring the doors); J. Sbriglio, Le Corbusier: L’Unité d’Habitation de Marseille, Switzerland 2004, pp. 76–83 (on Ville Radieuse); Ch. Benton, Charlotte Perriand. Modernist Pioneer, exhibition catalogue, Design Museum, New York 1997, p. 332 (re-print of the 1952 advertisement)

-Le Corbusier, Furniture and Interiors 1905 – 1965; Arthur Rüegg, p.150 (image featuring the doors)

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