Chandigarh, 1950 to 1959
A city's furniture, still being made
Between 1950 and 1965 Pierre Jeanneret drew the furniture of an entire city. We make those drawings again, in teak, by hand, in eastern India, by carpenters, weavers and polishers who have been doing this work for a generation.
Re-editions conform to originals. Prices include shipping worldwide.
PJ-BU-02-A · 1950-1959
The Pigeon Hole Desk
Six open compartments on the reverse, a single deep drawer at the front, a desk-wide slab on one side and a tapered leg on the other. A modest masterpiece, drawn for the administration of Chandigarh.
- Width
- 122 cm
- Depth
- 84 cm
- Height
- 72.5 cm
Most iconic designs,
curated for you
PJ-TAT-10-A
Pierre Jeanneret, Table de Lecture
€6,200
LC-TAT-07-A
Le Corbusier, Bureau des Ministres
€9,900
PJ-SI-32A
Pierre Jeanneret, Upholstered Easy Chair
€3,000
PJ-SI-36A
Pierre Jeanneret, Upholstered Armless Chair
€3,200
Three rooms
The catalogue divides the way the city did: the places that are worked in, the places that are eaten in, and the places that are simply lived in.
Working
Desks, tables and the chairs drawn to sit at them
Dining
Tables to gather around, chairs to stay at
Living
Low seating, benches and the quiet pieces
To the men who gave Chandigarh light, air and verdure
Honouring the legacy of Pierre Jeanneret
Chandigarh was drawn from nothing: a new capital for a state cut in half by partition, planned by Le Corbusier and built, day by day for fifteen years, by his cousin Pierre Jeanneret.
Jeanneret stayed. He drew the desks for the Secretariat, the chairs for the High Court, the benches for the university: hundreds of pieces in local teak, made by local hands, built to be used rather than admired.
Tell us the room
Every piece can be made in the wood finish of your choice, and most can be adjusted to a room. Send us the measurements and we will tell you what fits.