Image source: Cassina — Tabouret Berger
© Cassina and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research.
Tabouret Berger
Charlotte Perriand's 1953 low three-legged table-stool in solid oak or American walnut.
330 × 267 × 330 mm
1953
Approx. $740 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
Tabouret Berger is a low table-stool by Charlotte Perriand. The page gives 1953 as its design year; the shared product sheet reads 1953-61 and names Cassina as producer in 2011.
Construction
Both page and sheet give solid oak or American walnut for the slatted top and for the legs. The sheet adds three hand-turned legs and a turned seat.
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Specifications
- Item 524: 33 cm diameter, 26.7 cm high
- Finishes on the page: Canaletto walnut, Oak stained black, Natural oak
- Finish: natural version in matt lacquer, black-dyed version in matt paint lacquer (sheet)
Story
The shepherd's stool
The sheet explains the name Berger by the milking stools of alpine shepherds. Of the two stools it shows, Berger is the lower, standing on three hand-turned legs.
Production
The page headline gives 1953 as the design year. The sheet names Cassina as producer in 2011 and shows Perriand with the dates 1953-61.
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Collection
Cassina iMaestri Collection
Cassina's iMaestri Collection, begun in 1965 with Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand, since joined by Rietveld, Albini, Ponti and Eames.
