An archived pair of Pierre Jeanneret upholstered chairs associated with the Chandigarh furniture program. A chair measures 16.5 inches wide, 19.75 inches deep and 31.75 inches high, with an 18.5-inch seat height. The compact proportions and vintage structure relate to Jeanneret’s institutional dining-chair vocabulary. The record names burgundy cowhide, while later notes discuss possible whiskey-colored hide or customer-supplied material; the covering actually present on the photographed chairs must be confirmed from their object images. The contemporary hide belongs to a different period from the timber frames. No painted institutional stencil is documented for this pair. Memo and hold history is retained in the internal notes; this description documents an archived pair rather than current availability.
The Chandigarh furniture program relied on forms that could be repeated for classrooms, offices and residences while remaining expressive as individual objects. On each chair, the relationship of back, seat and angled supports creates the silhouette. Decades of use may leave different patina and evidence of repairs on otherwise similar frames. Surviving paint has historical value only when transcribed from the particular chair.
