CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999) Forme libre, commonly known as Feuille, the model designed in [1953], the edition by Steph Simon initiated in [1956]. Rare and important table in sapele. The very thick, title-shaped top is assembled with a chamfered edge featuring false tongues and circular plugs to conceal the screw holes. The entablature rests on two cylindrical legs and an airplane-wing-type leg, each mounted by a bolted lag screw. Circa 1956-58. Used condition, stains on the top, discoloration at the base of each leg. Height: 71cm - Length: 236.5cm - Width: 108cm Top thickness: 7.5cm Provenance: - M. X., Paris; Work purchased circa 1956-1958. - Mrs Y., Île-de-France. Purchased from the previous owner. Bibliography: - Aujourd'hui; Art et Architecture - N°12 of April 1957. Identical model reproduced on page 91. - Aujourd'hui; Art et Architecture - N°12 March-April 1959. Identical model reproduced on pages 86, 87 and 88. - Jacques Barsac - Charlotte Perriand - L'œuvre complète, volume 3, 1956-1968 - Éditions Archives Charlotte Perriand/Norma, Paris, 2015. Identical models, with variations in essence, reproduced on pages 41, 83 (as a drawing on a Galerie Steph Simon brochure), 84-85, 86, 87 and 294. - Jacques Barsac - Charlotte Perriand - Un art d'habiter - Éditions Archives Charlotte Perriand/Norma, Paris, 2005. Identical models, with variations in essence, reproduced on pages 437 and 438-39. - Yolande Amic - Le mobilier français 1945-1964; Intérieurs series - Éditions Via/Les Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1983. An identical model in another wood type is reproduced on page 67. - Patrick Favardin - Le Style 50; un moment de l'art français - Éditions Sous le Vent-Vilo, Paris, 1987. An identical model in another wood type is reproduced on page 67. - Patrick Favardin -Les Décorateurs des Années 40- Éditions Norma, Paris, 2002. Identical model reproduced on page 141.