Pierre Jeanneret designed the present cabinet for his friend Henri Ingber, the French military officer and developer of wartime communication technologies. They met while both living in Grenoble: Ingber was working for the French Resistance and Jeanneret collaborating with Charlotte Perriand on the “Equipement de la Maison” series. Following the war, in the years between 1946 and 1950, Ingber commissioned Jeanneret to design the interiors for his homes in Neuilly and Paris. A rare example of a Jeanneret design for a private residence, this lot employs characteristic elements of the "Equipement" series, such as ovoid legs and sliding doors, in a combination not seen in the larger production.