6. Marcel Levaillant and “La Question du Mobilier”

von Moos, Stanislaus; Rüegg, Arthur

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6. Marcel Levaillant and “La Question du Mobilier”

Arthur Rüegg

Description: Le Corbusier Before Le Corbusier: Applied Arts, Architecture, Painting, and...

Le Corbusier Before Le Corbusier: Applied Arts, Architecture, Painting, and Photography, 1907–1922

THE EXTENT OF LE CORBUSIER’S involvement in furniture design was long assumed to be just four seating forms from the 1920s which were brought back into...

Author

Arthur Rüegg

PublisherBard Graduate Center

Related print edition pages: pp.109-131

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00301.7

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22011

Chapter subject tags:Le Corbusier, 1887-1965Interior decorationArchitect-designed furniturePerriand, Charlotte

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List of illustrations

Sketch of an armchair by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
c. 1912–1914
La Chaux-de-Fonds, aerial view by Mittelholzer, Walter
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
c. 1930
Letterhead used by Levaillant & Bloch by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1917
The Levaillant family by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
c. 1929
The Levaillant family by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
c. 1929
Study of a desk-bookcase-music cabinet for Marcel Levaillant by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1914
Desk-bookcase-music cabinet by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1914
Piano lesson by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1915
Château de Versailles, the library of Marie-Antoinette by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
Unknown
Directoire armchair from the collection of Raphaël Schwob by Jacob, Georges II
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
Unknown
Armchair for Moïse Schwob by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1916
Perspective study of Madeleine Schwob's library by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1922
Madeleine Schwob's bookcase, detail by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1922
Perspective sketch of Marcel Levaillant's bedroom by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1923
Perspective sketch of Marcel Levaillant's library and music room by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1923
Project for Marcel Levaillant's apartment at Villa Les Eglantines by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1923
Villa Les Eglantines, La Chaux-de-Fonds, ground floor plan by Boillot, Léon
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1909
Marcel Levaillant apartment, 1923, reconstruction of plan
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
Color sample for the bedroom wardrobe for Marcel Levaillant by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
Unknown
Project for the Paul Ditisheim Building to be located at 120 Avenue, Léopold Robert, La Chaux-de-Fonds by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1913
Wardrobe for Marcel Levaillant's bedroom by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
Unknown
Wardrobe for Marcel Levaillant's bedroom, detail by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
Unknown
Marcel Levaillant's apartment at Villa Les Eglantines, perspective of library and music room by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1923
Bookcase for Marcel Levaillant, plan for bronze support, detail of working drawing by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1923
Armchair called Franklin by Maple & Co. London and Paris
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
Unknown
Armchair called Bernard by Maple & Co. London and Paris
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
Unknown
Sketches of Maple & Co. armchairs and recommendation to buy for Marcel Levaillant by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1923
Globe for Marcel Levaillant by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1926
Histoire de Mr. Pencil by Töpffer, Rodolphe
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1921
50 aquarelles de Music-Hall ou le QUAND-MEME des Illusions, title page by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
Unknown
50 aquarelles de Music-Hall ou le QUAND-MEME des Illusions, plate 33 by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
Unknown
50 aquarelles de Music-Hall ou le QUAND-MEME des Illusions, plate 24 by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
Unknown
Sketch for the support of the plaster cast of the head of Prince Gudea from the Louvre by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1923
Sketch for positioning the plaster casts from the Louvre in Marcel Levaillant's apartment by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1923
Head of the Chaldean Prince, Gudea, Lagash by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
Unknown
African sculptures by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
c. 1930
Pavillon de l'Esprit nouveau, Paris, living room, detail, reconstructed 1987 by Le Corbusier; Jeanneret, Pierre
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1925
Matroil color samples for Marcel Levaillant's Geneva apartment by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1956
Mosaic table by Le Corbusier
By John Carlson
on Nov 19
1954