Georges Candilis Anja Blomstedt Plein Daybed France 1969

Rare minimalist daybed called Plein designed by Georges Candilis and Anja Blomstedt, manufactured by Sentou inFrance, 1969. Designed for the residence “Les Carrats” in Port Leucatein France. This minimalist piece of furniture is made of solid beech wooden feet and a plywood top shelf connected to each other with a square cast aluminum corner which was characteristic for the designs by Candilis. Extremely refined minimal design. Mattress is newly made with a nice grey upholstery, can be changed if wanted. Wood is in beautiful original condition.

Georges Candilis was born in Greece, Baku (1913-1995), the French architect Georges Candilis studied to the national Ecole polytechnique of Athens before working, from 1946, with Le Corbusier, on the project of habitations unit of Marseille. After that Georges Candilis worked with many famous architects on several buildings, known in the world of modern architecture. At a later stage he also started to design furniture to use in his projects. Not much was made, makes his work rare and sought after by collectors. Hir work can be scaled amongst the bigger names like Charlotte Perriand, le Corbusier and Jean Prouvé.

Reupholstery estimate; 250 Euro