Tired Desk by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1962.

Desk designed by Charlotte Perriand at the end of the 1950s. The rectangular top is laminated with a grey melamine and rests on a structure of black lacquered metal, featuring a yellow drawer marked "Charlotte Perriand patented S.G.D.G." Cansado is a mining town built in the 1960s by the Mauritanian Iron Mines Company "MIFERMA" to house its staff. Some of the furniture was designed by Charlotte Perriand between 1959 and 1967. Edition Steph Simon, Circa 1959 - 1967. Bibliography: Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, The Complete Works, vol. 3, Edition Norma, 2017, pp. 117-120, Furniture for Miferma for more information on this period.