The principles of Pierre Chareau’s work

The mobile partition and the fan form

  • Presentation of part of the system of the 1925 Exhibition’s office library with its mobile partitions at the Salon d’Automne in the Marsan Pavillion, 1927

    Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Fonds photographique Pierre Chareau, Photographe G. Thiriet, Paris

  • Mobility in furniture variations by Pierre Chareau with the development of the fan principal for the conception of a table (image MB152) and a desk (image MB773)

    Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Fonds photographique Pierre Chareau, Photographe G. Thiriet, Paris

  • System of mobile fan-shaped partitions at Les Arts de la Maison Summer 1926 , editions Albert Morancé, p. XXIV and XXV.
    Refurbishment carried out on the appartment of Mr and Mrs Lanique, 72 avenue Henri Martin, Paris.

    Bibliothèque des Arts Décoratifs, côte Y1092

Furniture in movement

  • Dressing table with a wrought-iron support structure and mobile top and shelves trimmed in leather;
    original silver print, image MS879, 1927

    Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Fonds photographique Pierre Chareau, Photographe G. Thiriet, Paris

  • Desk-table with a wrought-iron support structure and mobile top and shelves trimmed in leather; image MB6673, original silver print, 1927

    Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Fonds photographique Pierre Chareau, Photographe G. Thiriet, Paris

The principle of movement in Pierre Chareau’s work

  • Mobile, circular cupboard. Appartment of Monsieur Reifenburg, Paris 1928
    Original prints.
    Tirages originaux

    Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Fonds photographique Pierre Chareau