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LC/4, chaise longue

LC/4, chaise longue
 designed (1928); manufactured (c. 1970)

Medium
horse skin, leather, chromium plated steel, painted steel, rubber, cotton, metal, dacron
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1971
© Le Corbusier/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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Gallery location
Mid 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
 

About this work

Le Corbusier was one of the most influential figures in modern architecture and design during the first half of the twentieth century. In the late 1920s he designed a range of furniture with Charlotte Perriand and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret, inspired by German experiments with the use of tubular steel in furniture. The LC/4, chaise longue epitomises Le Corbusier’s rationalist ideas about function and adaptation. In his 1923 manifesto, Towards a New Architecture, Le Corbusier wrote, ‘It is possible to seat oneself in several ways, and the new shape of the chair must correspond to these different ways. By using metal tubing or sheet metal to construct the new seat shape, the problems disappear.’

Artwork Details

Medium
horse skin, leather, chromium plated steel, painted steel, rubber, cotton, metal, dacron
Measurements
(a-b) 70.9 × 160.5 × 57.3 cm (overall)
Place/s of Execution
Italy
Inscription
(a) printed in black and orange ink on paper label on base c.: Cassina Ca (monogram) / MADE IN ITALY
Accession Number
D194.a-b-1971
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1971
© Le Corbusier/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Mid 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

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