The Simple Swiss-French Architect Le Corbusier And His Legendary LC 4 Chaise Lounge
In 1928, the distinguished Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier discovered various experimental creations for furniture. These designs by Le Corbusier are consider for being one of the earliest exemplars of modern furniture designs with most if not all are still being generated to this period. Along with these stylish designs still in manufacture is the LC 4 Chaise Lounge.
Perhaps one of the more elegant designs finished by Le Corbusier, the Le Corbusier No. 4 or LC 4 Chaise Lounge is a modernist interpretation of the traditional French chaise longue design. Le Corbusier created the Chaise Lounge in partnership with his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, and French stylist Charlotte Perriand and was originally used in the Villa Church in Paris. The chair was later presented along with other furniture designs by Le Corbusier at the Salon d’ Automne or Autumn Salon presentation in 1929 under the induction Equipment for the Home.
The LC 4 Chaise Lounge is composed of of three fundamental divisions: the independent support base, the curved central cradle, and the cushioned mat which provides as the seat and backrest for the chair. The foot is completed from welded steel layered with a black matte finish, and is built-in with plastic tips at the legs to avoid dents and scratches. The cradle is also made from steel, but is twisted into a C-shape and covered with either black matte or chrome. The cradle is bowed so that the chair can smoothly lie down against the bottom. The cushioned mat, in the meantime, is covered in high-quality ponyskin, black leather, or a custom-made beige canvas matter. The mat also has a cylindrical cushion on topmost which completed as the headrest.
The LC4 Chaise Lounge was first made in the 1930s by the Thonet furniture corporation and the Swiss Embru company correspondingly until 1964, when the Milan-based Cassina stylist furniture company gained the rights to produce Le Corbusier’s designs. At preset Cassina maintains as one of the topmost manufacturers of the LC 4 Chaise Lounge, even though third-party reproductions are now likewise available.
