Modern Architecture and Design
Active in interwar Paris, French designer and architect Pierre Chareau is a key figure in the history of 20th-century design. His furniture, interiors, building designs and modern art collection will be showcased in the first US exhibition to examine Chareau’s life and work. Read more.
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Maison de Verre (1928-1932), Pierre Chareau and Bernard Bijvoet. Photograph © Mark Lyon
Telephone table and La Petite Religieuse table lamp (c. 1924), designed by Pierre Chareau. Private collection
Bust of Pierre Chareau (1921), Chana Orloff. Ateliers Chana Orloff
La Religieuse floor lamp (c. 1923), designed by Pierre Chareau. Photograph by Ken Collins, image provided by Gallery Vallois America, LLC
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