Cansado Bahut storage units with four sliding doors designed for Cité Cansado, Mauretania and produced by Galerie Steph Simon, ca. 1958. The
wood is in ash or oak, the structure in enameled steel and aluminum, the sliding doors are done in masonite. All parts are authentic. The item is in original condition, gently restored.
Settlement for MIFERMA, Cansado; Nouakchott, Mauritania.
Literature:
Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, Un art d'habiter, 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, p. 440-42; A Steph Simon prospectus, François Laffanour; Steph Simon Retrospective, 1956–1974: Prouvé, Perriand, Mouille, Jouve, Noguchi, exh. cat., Galerie Downtown, Paris, 2007, p. 67.
