"Cansado Console By Charlotte Perriand, Circa 1962 "
A console designed by Charlotte Perriand in the late 1950s.
The rectangular top is laminated with a grey melamine and rests on a black lacquered metal structure.
Cansado is a mining town built in the 1960s by the Société des Mines de Fer de Mauritanie "MIFERMA" to house its staff. Part of the furniture was designed by Charlotte Perriand between 1959 and 1967.
Manufacturer : Steph Simon, Circa 1959 - 1967.
Bibliography:
-Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, The Complete Works, vol. 3, Edition Norma, 2017, p. 117-120, Furniture for Miferma for more information on this period.
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