87 - CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903–1999) DESIGNER & TENDO MOKKO (JAPAN) MANUFACTURER AND PUBLISHER

CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903–1999) DESIGNER & TENDO MOKKO (JAPAN) MANUFACTURER AND PUBLISHER Ombre, a model originally designed around [1953] for Jacques Martin’s apartment in Tokyo and presented in 1955 at the exhibition “Proposition d’une synthèse des arts,” Paris, 1955, and at the Takashimaya department store in the Japanese capital, our numbered chairs are part of a limited edition produced by the Japanese publisher A set of six chairs. Each is crafted from a cut and thermoformed plywood panel. Produced in the late 20th century; manufacturing by Tendo Mokko ceased in 2004. Each chair is hot-stamped “Ch. PERRIAND” and bears the metallic label “PERRIAND Chair TENDO,” numbered respectively 03116, 03118, 03119, 03121, 03122, and 03125, respectively, under the seat. Height: 63 cm – Length: 44 cm – Depth: 43 cm Exhibitions: “Proposition d’une synthèse des arts,” Paris, 1955 – Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo, Japan, April 1–17, 1955. Ombre chairs were featured at this event. Bibliography: - *Le Décor d’aujourd’hui* – No. 105, 1956. Ombre chairs reproduced on page 323. - Patrick Favardin – *Le Style 50; un moment de l’art français* – Éditions Sous le Vent-Vilo, Paris, 1987. Ombre chairs are reproduced on page 19. - Jacques Barsac – Charlotte Perriand: The Art of Living – Éditions Norma, Paris, 2005. Ombre chairs reproduced on pages 403, 405, and 406–407. - Patrick Favardin – Interior Designers of the 1950s – Éditions Norma, Paris, 2002. Ombre chairs reproduced on pages 136–137. - Various Authors – Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living – Harry N. Abrams, New York (USA), 2003. An Ombre chair reproduced on page 232. - Jacques Barsac – Charlotte Perriand: The Complete Works, Volume 2, 1940–1955 – Éditions Archives Charlotte Perriand/Norma, Paris, 2015. Ombre chairs are reproduced on the cover and on pages 440–441, 468–469, 470, and 479.