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Doron Hotel Chair

c. 1947/2020

by Charlotte Perriand
for Cassina

Doron Hotel Chair

by Charlotte Perriand
for  Cassina

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Cassi­na’s Doron Hotel chair was designed in 1947 by Char­lotte Perriand, a real moun­tain lover, for the winter sports resort of Méribel Les Allues and Hôtel Doron, one of the first chalet-hotels in the same loca­tion. The French designer always had a special and profound rela­tion­ship with nature; she was one of the first to explore the rela­tion­ship between man and his surround­ing envi­ron­ment, seeking natural mate­ri­als to use in her projects. Comfort­able, textural, and pleas­ant to the touch, the Doron Hotel chair also comes in the outdoor version. 

The Doron Hotel Chair is avail­able as part of our quick-ship program. Please see the spec sheet to the left for quick-ship details or call 800.886.0867 for more information.

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Charlotte Perriand

France (1903–1999)

In her eight-decade career, Charlotte Perriand contributed to countless design projects that allowed her to experiment with material. She explored working with tubular steel furniture, natural pieces in ebonized wood, bamboo furniture in Japan, and more. Paying close attention to the functionality of the furniture and the arrangement of the interior environment, Perriand designed pieces that were meant to be comfortably used and enjoyed in a space, as evidenced in her famed 1959 daybed or curved-back LC7 chair. Her revolutionary user-centric approach helped establish her as a seminal figure in the modernist design movement whose legacy endures to this day.

Not long after graduating from Ecole de L'Union Centrale de Arts Decoratifs in Paris, Perriand impressed critics with “Bar Under the Roof,” an installation featuring an aluminum and chrome bar counter and card table presented at the Salon d’Automne in 1927. The showcase established her as an avant-garde talent to watch and wowed a personal icon of hers, Le Corbusier—who invited her to join his studio and work on furniture designs with him and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret. The trio went on to craft some of the most enduring modern furniture pieces of the 20th century, such as the widely collected LC4 chaise longue, today produced by Cassina.

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