Cansado desk by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1962.
REF: 7705
Cansado desk by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1962.
REF: 7705
Designer
Desk designed by Charlotte Perriand for the Cansado mining village between 1959 and 1967.
It features a blue laminated top mounted on a black lacquered tubular metal frame, conceived to be durable and easy to maintain, in line with the needs of collective furniture for MIFERMA.
The desk includes a side thermoformed plastic drawer marked "breveté S.G.D.G", characteristic of this industrial production.
Cansado is a mining town built in the 1960s by the Société des Mines de Fer de Mauritanie "MIFERMA" to house its staff. Part of the furniture was designed by Charlotte Perriand between 1959 and 1967.
Manufacturer : Steph Simon, Circa 1959 - 1967.
Bibliography:
-Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, The Complete Works, vol. 3, Edition Norma, 2017, p. 117-120, Furniture for Miferma for more information on this period.
- Height 73 cm / 28 "
- Width 122 cm / 48 "
- Depth 50 cm / 19 "
Category
- Year Circa 1962
- Medium Metal, Wood, Laminate
- Country France
- Condition Vintage, signs of wear, drawer with fragilities
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