Pair of ‘Kangourou’ Chairs, designed 1955

Indian rosewood, cane
each: 27¹⁄₂ in. (70 cm) high; 21 in. (53 cm) wide; 29 in. (70 cm) deep

Chandigarh, India
Acquired from the above by the present owner

E. Touchaleaume and G. Moreau, Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret, The Indian Adventure, Design-Art-Architecture, Paris, 2010, p. 570 for other examples of this model
Galerie Patrick Seguin, ed., Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, India, Paris, 2014, pp. 204-205

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