The Excellent Swiss-French Architect Le Corbusier And His Outstanding LC 4 Chaise Lounge
In 1928, the prominent Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier discovered various experimental creations for furniture. These designs by Le Corbusier are honor for being one of the earliest models of modern furniture designs with most if not all are still being produced to this time. Along with these trendy designs still in making is the LC 4 Chaise Lounge.
Possibly one of the more grandeur designs completed by Le Corbusier, the Le Corbusier No. 4 or LC 4 Chaise Lounge is a modernist version of the standard French chaise longue design. Le Corbusier worked the Chaise Lounge in cooperation with his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, and French artist 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 inauguration Equipment for the Home.
The LC 4 Chaise Lounge is composed of of three essential parts: the independent support base, the curved central cradle, and the cushioned mat which provides as the seat and backrest for the chair. The bottom part is done from welded steel covered with a black matte finish, and is fixed with plastic tips at the legs to avoid dents and scratches. The cradle is also made from steel, but is curved into a C-shape and layered with either black matte or chrome. The cradle is bowed so that the chair can smoothly lounge against the foot. The cushioned mat, in the meantime, is covered in high-quality ponyskin, black leather, or a commissioned beige canvas substance. The mat also has a cylindrical cushion on uppermost which carry out 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 artist furniture company gained the rights to generate Le Corbusier’s designs. At preset Cassina maintains as one of the highest manufacturers of the LC 4 Chaise Lounge, even though third-party reproductions are now as well available.
