Jeanneret

Maison La Roche and Maison Jeanneret (1923–24), also known as the La Roche-Jeanneret house, is a pair of semi-detached houses that was Corbusier's third commission in Paris.

The easy chair designed by Pierre Jeanneret, cousin of Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier, will be auctioned for over Rs 3.51 lakh on October 24.

The office of the High Commission of India, London, sought the copies of the MHA order, issued in February 2011, banning the export and auction of heritage items designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in foreign lands.

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, the genius known as Le Corbusier, was born in Switzerland in 1887 and was, along with Frank Lloyd Wright, the father of modern architecture.

The piece is credited to Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Perriand.

Between 1922 and 1927, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret designed many of these private houses for clients around Paris.

Le Corbusier and Jeanneret left the interior aesthetically spare, with any movable furniture made of tubular metal frames.