{"id":15930,"date":"2026-01-25T20:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anthony-guerree.com\/?p=15930"},"modified":"2026-01-25T20:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:23:14","slug":"les-assises-du-temps-perdu-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anthony-guerree.com\/en\/les-assises-du-temps-perdu-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"Chairs of Lost Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Anthony Guerr\u00e9e read In Search of Lost Time<\/em> in 2013, a century after the publication of Marcel Proust\u2019s first volume, and he was touched by the timeless and universal beauty of this literary masterpiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proust\u2019s gallery of colorful characters is an inexhaustible source of inspiration for many artists. Each of the book\u2019s characters possesses a singular way of being in the world, of behaving in society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anthony Guerr\u00e9e wondered whether he could design chairs that, like fictional characters, had personalities that could serve as allegories or incarnations. Could he give life, as it were, to his chairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By proposing a physical position, a seat can also convey a social position. The line, the comfort, the proportions of a chair not only suggest a way of sitting, but also a range of attitudes and possible scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is with these concepts that Anthony Guerr\u00e9e explores the relationship between applied art and literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He dedicates a chair to each of his favorite Proustian characters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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