Charlotte Perriand "Bloc" Sideboard with 3 Doors, Cansado, circa 1962.
REF: 7963
Charlotte Perriand "Bloc" Sideboard with 3 Doors, Cansado, circa 1962.
REF: 7963
Designer
"Bloc" sideboard from the Cansado mining town, Mauritania. Designed by Charlotte Perriand for the executive apartments of the Miferma company, this model was produced in very limited numbers.
Mahogany veneered structure with grey and white melamine sliding doors, resting on two black lacquered metal supports. The right-hand section features three drawers stamped "Modèle Charlotte Perriand breveté S.G.D.G."
Manufacturer: Steph Simon, circa 1962.
Bibliography:
- Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Complete Works, Volume 3, 1956-1968, Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich, 2017, model referenced within the Cansado furniture program.
- Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, Un art d'habiter, 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, p. 440 for similar models
- Height 78 cm / 30 "
- Width 180 cm / 71"
- Depth 46 cm / 18 1⁄4"
Category
- Year Circa 1962.
- Medium Mahogany, Melamine, Metal.
- Country France
- Provenance Cansado, Mauritania
- Condition Good - Some traces of use