1940s Jean Prouve Style Cabinet / Armoire

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Built between 1945s-1950s, this unique rectangular "cabinet" with an oak structure and oak veneer, resting on a black wooden base … Read more Built between 1945s-1950s, this unique rectangular "cabinet" with an oak structure and oak veneer, resting on a black wooden base and with three aluminum covered sliding doors with fin-shaped wooden handles, discovering several shelves inside and different storage spaces inside. . Origin France. Cabinet is reminiscent of the works of Jean Prouvé model AG 11, Charlotte Perriand and Le Corbusier.


Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) is one of the pioneers of the innovative production of 20th century furniture and architecture. Anxious to fit in with his time, he explored all the technical resources of metal and quickly moved from wrought iron work to constructive applications of folded sheet metal. . Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) is considered one of the most important female designers of the 1950s. Having collaborated for a long time with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, she produced several pieces of metal furniture in 1927 - including the famous chaise longue with variable position that Thonet will publish two years later. . Le Corbusier is a well-known architect, born in 1887 in Haut-Jura (Switzerland) and died in 1965 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (France). His real name is Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris. He choose Le Corbusier as his pseudonym. He was also an urban planner, decorator, painter and man of letters.
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