The Classic Style Made Only By The LC 4 Chaise Lounge By Le Corbusier
It is time and again a mistaken belief among people that elegant and comfortable furniture is never the same. However, opposing to current belief one can have a furnishing for their house that is both stylish and comfortable, one brilliant example of which is the LC 4 Chaise Lounge by Le Corbusier. One of Le Corbusier’s discovery for residential furnishings, the LC 4 Chaise Lounge is a combination of both ergonomic comfort and the modernist aesthetics of the International style.
Designed in 1928, the Le Corbusier No. 4 or LC 4 Chaise Lounge is a modernist type of the original French chaise longue or “long chair” design. Le Corbusier built the chair in partnership with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret and French interior designer Charlotte Perriand, and was originally used at the Villa Church in Paris. The chair was later included in Le Corbusier’s display at the 1929 Salon d’ Automne art exposition under the Equipment for the Home instatement.
The LC 4 Chaise Lounge can be brusquely split into three separate sections: the independent support base at the bottom, the central steel cradle, and a cushioned mat on top which works as the chair’s seat and backrest. The base is composed of high-grade steel covered with black matte enamel finish, suddenly the cradle is made from tubular steel and coated in either black matte or chrome. The cradle is also twisted into a C-shape to enable the chair to recline and adjust accordingly with the independent support base. The mat, on the other hand, is covered in pony-hide, black leather or an extraordinary beige canvas. The mat also features a barrel-shaped cushion attachment which functions as the chair’s headrest.
The Le Corbusier No. 4 Chaise Lounge was first produced in the 1930’s by the Thonet furniture company and later by the Swiss-based Embru. In 1964, the designer furniture company Cassina of Milan obtained the rights to manufacture Le Corbusier’s furniture designs and remains as the top manufacturer of the LC 4 Chaise Lounge
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