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Charlotte Perriand, Revolving Armchair, 1928. Chrome-plated tubular steel and leather. Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Charlotte Perriand was a French designer and architect known for modernist furniture and interiors, especially her work with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. The Revolving Armchair was designed in 1928; Cassina, the Italian furniture company founded in 1927, later licensed and produced the design as part of its modernist collection.

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