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Pierre Jeanneret 皮耶．江耐瑞
Easy Chair, Chandigarh, India 安樂椅（印度昌迪加爾）
circa 1955
Designed by the Swiss-French architect Pierre Jeanneret in the mid-1950s, this teak armchair with V-shaped legs was originally used in an engineering school, the Central Polytechnic, in the planned Indian city of Chandigarh. Jeanneret’s furniture represents one of the smallest scales of design for the city; as the capital of a recently established state, Chandigarh required all-new urban infrastructure, government and administrative buildings, and public spaces.
Eager to shape an image of a modern India, Jawaharlal Nehru commissioned Jeanneret’s cousin, the architect Le Corbusier, to lead Chandigarh’s development just after the country gained independence in 1947. Jeanneret was responsible for much of the city’s architecture, particularly its housing, as well as furniture to outfit the city’s government and public interiors. In his furniture, Jeanneret applies modern architectural principles and an understanding of local craft techniques. Styles range from casual to ceremonial. Here, the thick cushion and the armchair’s caned back suggest adoptability to the climate, breezing in the summer and warmth in the winter.
Eager to shape an image of a modern India, Jawaharlal Nehru commissioned Jeanneret’s cousin, the architect Le Corbusier, to lead Chandigarh’s development just after the country gained independence in 1947. Jeanneret was responsible for much of the city’s architecture, particularly its housing, as well as furniture to outfit the city’s government and public interiors. In his furniture, Jeanneret applies modern architectural principles and an understanding of local craft techniques. Styles range from casual to ceremonial. Here, the thick cushion and the armchair’s caned back suggest adoptability to the climate, breezing in the summer and warmth in the winter.
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