After the great success of the gallery’s exhibition of Pierre Jeanneret ‘s furniture for Chandigarh at TEFAF 2014, LAFFANOUR - Galerie Downtown / Paris will exhibit a selection of the architect’s pieces with rare furniture by Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé.

Jeanneret, Perriand and Prouvé, figures of the Modern Movement represented by Le Corbusier, left their mark on the history of design and architecture through their unique personality and collaborative projects.

Pierre Jeanneret, a reserved creator, worked with Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé on many projects but often in their shadows, before signing himself Chandigarh’s furniture.

Design Miami/ Basel is unquestionalbly the most cutting-edge collection design fair in the world. On the occasion of this major meeting for international collectors, LAFFANOUR - Galerie Downtown / Paris will present the most valuable post-war works of these fellow-designers.

François LAFFANOUR, major dealer of Perriand, Prouvé and Jeanneret

LAFFANOUR - Galerie Downtown / Paris exhibits architects’ furniture designs, which are now recognized as real collectors’ items. For the gallery, this furniture is the product of a debate on the nature of modernity: the attempt to find a balance between the technical and that which is driven by questions of lifestyle - the end goal being to promote something that will be of use to society as a whole. 

The designs in question stand out for their intellectual rigor, commitment to social change and enthusiasm - we might even say radicalism - possessed as they were of sufficient vision and courage to strike out on new paths. The place of these items of furniture in the history of 20th century art must be seen through the spectrum of this period’s many social upheavals.

An uncompromising approach to aesthetics is very much the hallmark of LAFFANOUR - Galerie Downtown / Paris, as is vividly illustrated by its spectacular displays in art fairs, its painstaking restoration work and its gallery exhibitions. Exhibitions at the rue de Seine gallery never fail to offer an opportunity to discover the original and the remarkable - testament to the unequalled expertise of LAFFANOUR - Galerie Downtown / Paris. They also invest the collections of furniture and extremely rare pieces on display with a sense of grandeur that goes well beyond their basic function.

LAFFANOUR - Galerie Downtown / Paris is the major exhibitor of Charlotte Perriand’s work, but it has also helped bring Jean Prouvé’s designs to a wider audience. The gallery also features work by designers from the immediate post-1950s period right up to the present-day who are interested in similar creative challenges, such as Ettore Sottsass, Ron Arad and Gaetano Pesce.