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PIERRE JEANNERET
EXPLORE THE WORLD OF DESIGN
Welcome to our website selling Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret's Chandigarh furniture, two great names in modernist architecture. We are proud to offer you a selection of unique, authentic, and certified pieces, directly sourced from the city of Chandigarh, India. Each piece of furniture we sell has a story to tell, and we have taken great care to ensure that each piece is authentic and meets the highest quality standards. Our furniture comes from the original design period of these architects and is certified by the relevant authorities to guarantee its authenticity.
SEATS CATEGORY
We believe that each piece of furniture is a unique work of art that can add an elegant touch to your interior. So, we are excited to offer you the opportunity to own collection pieces designed by the pioneers of the modernist movement.
STORAGE FURNITURE
We are passionate about what we do and are committed to providing you with superior quality furniture, along with first-class customer service. We are confident that you will be delighted with your purchase and that your Chandigarh furniture will become a valuable legacy for generations to come.
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We invite you to browse our selection and discover the beauty and authenticity of our Chandigarh furniture.
CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ CHANDIGARH
The Pierre JEANNERET catalogue raisonné ( Assouline Editions ) is the result of a diligent and meticulous work, it lists all the referenced and most of the time collected pieces recording the smallest details.
Areas of Chandigarh
The city of Chandigarh was initially designed for 150,000 inhabitants, and modified to receive 500,000. Today the city has 1,500,000 Chandigarhis.Its surface area is 114 km², of which 79 km² are in the city and 35 km² are classed as
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Metal and glasswork
Like everywhere else, the Chandigarhi workshops use screws, rails, knobs, hinges and various items of furniture hardware made of brass, rarely nickel-plated. A special place is reserved for aluminium, like the ventilation shutters made of folded and riveted sheets, shaped
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Furniture Markings
As mentioned above, the furniture produced for the Chandigarh project was not made in one single operation or at just one place of manufacture. On the contrary, the option chosen by the teams of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret consisted
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Introduction
The construction of Chandigarh is historically linked to the events that led to the birth of two new nations from the former British colony.After independence on 15 August 1947, there was a bloody partition which saw the sub-continent divided into
