COFFEE TABLE
A SPECIAL CASE: A late-’50s bookcase and storage unit by Perriand displays her sleek, practical style at its best.
THE FRENCH ARCHITECT and furniture designer Charlotte Perriand helped define the look of midcentury France. This third part of Jacques Barsac’s major four-volume study of her work covers the middle of Perriand’s career, from 1956 to 1968, and, thankfully, we find her on a high.