CHARLOTTE PERRIAND

One of the most innovative furniture and interior designers of the 20th century, Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) has long been renowned for the tubular-steel chairs she created with Le Corbusier. But she had a rich, diverse career that spanned nearly75 years and included work in Africa, South America, and Asia as well as Europe. Today her independent designs, long admired by furniture historians, are eagerly sought by collectors. This handsome, lavishly illustrated volume is the þrst book in English on this pioneering þgure, who created many pieces now seen as classics of modern furniture. Perriand's long career embraced Art Deco, machine-age modernism, the organic rusticity of the 1930s, serially produced metal and wood furniture in the 1950s and 1960s, and plastic and prefabricated units in the 1970s. With original texts by leading scholars covering many facets of her work and life, and scores of photographs and drawings, this book will appeal to a wide audience.