Reference:
\nGalerie VIA, Paris March 22 - April 13 : 1991\u2028Mus\u00e9e d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-\u00c9tienne, 1998<\/p>\n
Literature:
\n-Archives Ren\u00e9-Jean Caillette, Paris
\n-Ren\u00e9 Jean Caillette, 40 ann\u00e9es de mobilier Galerie VIA – 22 mars – 13 avril 1991, p.9
\n-Design : collection du Mus\u00e9e d’art moderne de Saint-Etienne M\u00e9tropole, Cit\u00e9 du design \u00e9d., 2008, p.507<\/p>\n
Condition report:
\ngood original condition, lacquered metal and laminated with some scratches and lacks<\/p>\n
Biography: <\/p>\n
Son of a woodworker, Caillette always intended to follow in his father\u2019s footsteps, but not in exactly the same way. For him, the beauty of furniture came from functionality and simplicity of line.<\/p>\n
George Charron, a French furniture manufacturer, discovered Caillette\u2019s work in 1950. This led to the creation of Group 4, a collaboration among Caillette, Alain Richard, Genevieve Dangles and Joseph Andr\u00e9 Motte. Caillette went on to design for Charron until 1972.<\/p>\n
Caillette received the Ren\u00e9 Gabriel prize in 1952 and the silver medal at the Milan Triennale in 1962. The Diamond Chair, designed in 1958 and editioned by Steiner, remains one of the most signature chairs of this period. \u201cIt is,\u201d he said, \u201cthe most pure and the most easy to fabricate of my models in molded plywood. I designed it with a piece of cardboard, telling myself that if the cardboard could fold, then so could wood.\u201d (From Favardin, Patrick,\u00a0Les D\u00e9corateurs des Ann\u00e9es 50,\u00a02002.)<\/p>\n
\u201cCaillette is one of the better chair designers of the period and his furniture attests to much ingenuity.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ren\u00e9-Jean Caillette (1919-2004)
\nSet of 4 Primev\u00e8re chairs
\nCollomb \/ VIA edition, France, design 1967, prod. 1982
\nRed lacquered metal, plywood and black laminate
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