Ambassade Screen in Canaletto Walnut by Charlotte Perriand

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Charlotte perriand paravent ambassade for cassina a painstaking architectural composition, an artist’s design puzzle made for the interior decor of … Read more Charlotte perriand paravent ambassade for cassina a painstaking architectural composition, an artist’s design puzzle made for the interior decor of an ambassador’s home, a piece that narrates charlotte perriand’s passion for japan and its artisan heritage. A genuine architectural composition where blocks of canaletto walnut or oak are the ideal element to embellish a design piece that epitomizes exoticism and functionality. In 1969, charlotte perriand designed a screen for the home of the japanese ambassador to france. This allowed her to put her passion for the far east to work. During her travels to the region, she gained many insights into the immense local artisan heritage. Charlotte perriand, expert in designing furniture to meet the needs of its user, conceived the paravent ambassade screen to hide the door connecting the office to the salon de réception, a space that evoked a certain solemnity also because of the presence of a large sofa, over seven meters long, next to which the screen was placed. Due to a lack of budget to construct the screen, perriand had the brilliant idea of reusing the discarded solid rosewood left over from the production of her tabourets which she had cut into rectangular blocks to be connected with threaded rods. The result is an artist’s puzzle, a small architectural composition made from 313 handprocessed solid wood blocks, assembled one by one, held together by vertical tension rods and separated by anchors. A masterpiece of perseverance that, thanks to the great number of blocks, makes it possible to mold the screen into increasingly diverse shapes and articulate its movement with sinuousness like that of a micro-mesh. Blocks · in solid canaletto walnut with natural finish, or oak with natural finish, or oak stained black. Tensioning rods · in aluminum. Spacers · in plastic. Stationary and adjustable feet · in black plastic important information regarding images of products: please note that some of the images show other colors and variations of the model, these images are only to present interior design proposals. The item that is selling is on the first image. this piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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