Chandigarh Heritage Furniture Sold Abroad Amid Concerns Over Preservation Efforts
Seven pieces of Pierre Jeanneret-designed heritage furniture from Chandigarh's Capitol Project were sold at a Brussels auction on June 18 for approximately Rs 1.6 crore, despite prior warnings from heritage activist Ajay Jagga to Indian government ministries seeking intervention. These items, originally distributed across Chandigarh's public institutions, have been disappearing over decades due to replacement and lack of preventive measures. The ongoing sales abroad highlight challenges in protecting Chandigarh's modernist furniture legacy designed in the 1950s and 60s.