Timeless Modern Creation: The Le Corbusier Chaiselounge LC4

In 1928, the distinguished Swiss-French designer Le Corbusier created several experimental designs for furniture. These designs by Le Corbusier are regarded for being one of the earliest examples of modern furniture designs with most if not all are still being produced to this day. One of these creations is the Le Corbusier Chaiselounge LC4.

One of the Le Corbusier’s more distinctive designs, the Le Corbusier Chaiselounge LC4 is a reclining chair based from the classic French chaise longue or “long chair” design. The chair is primarily split into an independent support base, a central steel cradle, and a cushioned mat which functions as the LC4’s seat and backrest. The foot of the Chaiselounge is entirely detachable from the rest of the chair, and is completed from high-grade steel coated with matte black enamel finish. The central cradle, on the other hand, is finished from tubular steel and layered with either matte black or chrome finish. The cradle is also formed considerably into a crescent shape so the chair can recline smoothly against the base. The polyurethane cushioned mat is covered with ponyskin, leather or a special ecru canvas and affixed with a barrel-shaped leather cushion on top as the headrest.

Possibly one of the more stylized creations made by Le Corbusier, the Le Corbusier No. 4 or Le Corbusier Chaiselounge LC4 is a modernist type of the classic French chaise longue design. Le Corbusier done the Chaise Lounge in collaboration with his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, and French designer Charlotte Perriand and was primarily utilized} in the Villa Church in Paris. The chair was later exhibited together with other furniture creations by Le Corbusier at the Salon d’ Automne or Autumn Salon exhibition in 1929 under the inauguration Equipment for the Home.