A Modernist Collection Starring a Bookcase by Charlotte Perriand
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Monique and Michel Guibert turned their residence in Saint-Lô into a veritable showcase of the arts in the 1950s-1960s. Their enlightened vision gave pride of place to Charlotte Perriand’s timeless furniture. Charlotte Perriand (1903–1999) for Steph Simon, Type Plots bookcase, eight interleaved shelves, cherry wood veneer, 11 aluminum sheet shelves of different sizes, resting on two removable wooden legs, 1959, 214 x 177 x 33.5 cm/84.25 x 69.68 x 13.18 in. Estimate: €60,000/100,000 In 1959, Monique and Michel Guibert installed Charlotte Perriand’s bookcase on the landing of the staircase in their home in Saint-Lô (Manche) in Normandy. Until recently, it held the many
