DINING TABLE PJ-TA-01-A, CHANDIGARH, 1960

EXECUTED IN SOLID TEAK AND TEAK VENEER, THIS RARE PIERRE JEANNERET DINING TABLE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR TOP RESTING ON A ROBUST APRON WITH GENTLY CURVED LOWER CORNERS. THE STRUCTURE IS SUPPORTED BY TWO PAIRS OF SLANTED, TAPERED LEGS JOINED BY V-SHAPED CROSS STRETCHERS BENEATH THE TOP.

THIS ARCHITECTURAL FORM, BOTH RATIONAL AND WARM, REFLECTS JEANNERET’S MODERNIST VISION FOR THE CHANDIGARH PROJECT, COMBINING FUNCTIONAL CLARITY WITH HAND-CRAFTED DETAIL. DESIGNED FOR CIVIC AND INSTITUTIONAL INTERIORS OF POST-INDEPENDENCE INDIA, THE TABLE IS AN ICON OF MID-CENTURY DESIGN AND MODERNIST CRAFTSMANSHIP.

PROVENANCE
MARKED I.T.I. / RAJPURA / PB. / T-37, INDICATING ORIGINAL USE IN THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING INSTITUTE, RAJPURA, PUNJAB. THESE INSCRIPTIONS IDENTIFY GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE CHANDIGARH NETWORK, SERVING AS ESSENTIAL PROOF OF ORIGIN AND AUTHENTICITY.

CONDITION
THIS TABLE WILL BE CLEANED AND LIGHTLY RESTORED. OUR MID-CENTURY FURNITURE IS SOURCED UNRESTORED TO PRESERVE ORIGINAL CHARACTER AND CRAFTSMANSHIP. ALL WOODEN ELEMENTS ARE ORIGINAL; WE DO NOT REPLACE PARTS WITH NEW OR NON-MATCHING WOOD.

OUR RESTORATION IS MINIMAL AND RESPECTFUL, SURFACES ARE LIGHTLY CLEANED AND STABILISED TO PROTECT THE NATURAL PATINA. WEAR, OXIDATION, AND SMALL IMPERFECTIONS ARE RETAINED AS MARKS OF AUTHENTICITY AND HISTORY. 

DIMENSIONS
HEIGHT: 71.5 CM / 27.9 IN
LENGTH: 183 CM / 72 IN
WIDTH: 92 CM / 36.2 IN (+/–)

MATERIALS

TEAK AND TEAK VENEER

ORIGIN

CHANDIGARH, INDIA, 1960/61

PROVENANCE
MARKED I.T.I. / RAJPURA / PB. / T-37