Designed by Pierre Chareau, re-edited by Galerie MCDE
Armchair pictured here upholstered in Nabab fabric from Lelièvre, colour sand
Wooden frame in walnut with satin varnish finish, curved scroll-shaped armrests, and flared front legs
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With À Crosses Armchair, Pierre Chareau signs far more than a piece of furniture: it is a fragment of the singular vision of a designer who believed every object should extend the space it inhabits. Trained first as an engineer, Chareau approached furniture the way he approached his buildings, as a question of light, structure and proportion, refusing the ornamental clutter of his era in favour of forms that feel inevitable rather than decorative.
Pictured here upholstered in sand-toned Nabab fabric from Lelièvre, the À Crosses armchair takes its name from the curved, scroll-shaped armrests that curl like a shepherd’s crook above flared front legs in satin-varnished walnut. It is one of Chareau’s more classically inflected seats, tempering the industrial edge of his lighting with the warmth of hand-finished wood.
MCDE Gallery is the reference for reissues of Pierre Chareau’s most iconic designs. Over the past forty years, the gallery founded by French art collector Maxime Defert has done an outstanding work by perpetuating the legacy of the great architect and designer. Defert, a great admirer of Chareau, thought it was his duty to reissue his work and bring to people’s homes the designs of “one of the most modern creators of the first half of the 20th century”. Now, Pierre-Emmanuel Risch and his wife Carole, continue to promote Pierre Chareau’s unique works – lighting fixtures and furnishings – by producing exquisite reissues in their workshops in France.
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Linterno Fabric : St Moritz/Nobili