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The Chandigarh Chair

From civic project to design icon

Dec 15, 2022
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Chandigarh resident seated in a V-leg armchair (PC: Architectural Digest), Jeanneret Chandigarh Design Book by Assouline

The Chandigarh Chairs, also known as the Pierre Jeanneret Chair, was first created in Chandigarh, Punjab during the 1950s. At the time, the famed Swiss architect Le Corbusier was designing the Indian city and his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret led several large civic projects, including mass housing and Punjab University. Along with Indian junior designers, U…

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