Laura Gonzalez

Pondichéry Chair

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Laura Gonzalez is a French architect and interior designer who founded her eponymous Paris studio.

The Pondichéry Chair, designed by French architect and decorator Laura Gonzalez, reimagines a nearly forgotten chapter of colonial craft: the painted wooden chairs once produced in the trading post of Pondicherry at the close of the nineteenth century. Gonzalez, whose maximalist ‘mix and match’ style has redefined interiors from Cartier’s boutiques to the rooftop of Paris’s Institut du Monde Arabe, distills that historic silhouette into a clean-lined, contemporary form, replacing faded ornament with a vivid, confidently modern palette.

Hand-lacquered in the studio’s signature palette, the chair pictured here wears a deep green finish, a color Gonzalez favors for its echo of tropical foliage, and is upholstered in Muguet, a fabric from her own textile line named for the lily of the valley. The wood structure can be ordered in a shiny or matte lacquer, left bare in white, or dressed in a client’s own fabric, while bespoke colorways remain available on request, each chair carrying the same handcrafted warmth as the original Pondicherry pieces that inspired it.

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Lacquered wooden chair
Pictured here in green wood
Upholstered here in Muguet – LG.FB-127 fabric from Laura Gonzalez
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Wood structure available in shiny or mat finish
Customer’s own material also available
Bespoke colours and fabrics among our selection upon request

W 40 x D 51 x H 92 cm / W 15.7″ x D 20.1″ x H 36.2″
Seating height: 45 cm / 17.7″
Fabric required: 1.5 m / 1.6 yd
Handmade in Portugal
Production lead time: 14 weeks
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