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
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
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