Pierre Jeanneret | Kangaroo Bench

Kangaroo Bench, two-seater (ca. 1950s).
Certificate of authenticity included.

Materials: Teak and braided cane
Dimensions: 24" H x 41" W x 28" D

Pierre Jeanneret was a visionary modernist architect and designer. He pioneered a new aesthetic vocabulary that placed function and order over embellishment. Jeanneret’s work imbued the strict geometry of modernism with energetic diagonals and lighter materials like cane and wood.

In the early 1950s, Jeanneret joined his cousin, renowned architect Le Corbusier, in Chandigarh, India, where they embarked on a massive urban planning project, laying out the city and designing buildings and furniture. Though Corbusier abandoned the project halfway through, Jeanneret remained for 15 years as the project’s chief architect. The city remains a masterpiece of modern vision.