In 1927, fresh out of university and newly married, a young Charlotte Perriand moved into a former photography studio on a corner of Place Saint-Sulpice in Paris. Inspired by the materials and fabrication of automobiles, she clad furnishings, including her garret bar or bar sous le toit, in chrome or nickel, trying out an industrial aesthetic that would soon catch the eye of her mentor and collaborator, Le Corbusier. Within that avant-garde apartment, though, textiles added softness, whether the leather pillows adorning the sofa or the abstracted mountain motif of banquette upholstery.
Now, in collaboration with Louis Vuitton, Perriand’s estate has revived these patterns (as well as others from an early sketchbook) in a new collection of pillows and blankets, launching this April during Milan’s Salone del Mobile fair. “Her…
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Architectural Digest (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025