Description

Designed in 1928, the LC4 Chaise Longue (or "long chair" in English) was dubbed
the "relaxing machine" because of the way it mirrors the body's natural curves while
appearing to float above its supports. An infinite number of sitting angles are
achievable with the LC4, as the moveable frame adjusts along the base, from upright
to full recline. The LC4 is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of
Modern Art in New York. Each piece is signed, numbered and, as a product of
Cassina's Masters Collection, manufactured by Cassina under exclusive worldwide
license from the Le Corbusier Foundation. Made in Italy.
 Due to its very nature, cowhide varies from one piece to the next, featuring its own
distinct hues and tones, making every cowhide LC4 Chaise Longue a true one of a
kind.
 Cowhide and leather chaises come fitted with a black leather headrest.
 Canvas chaises come fitted with a dark brown, graphite or tobacco leather headrest
and footer.

Le Corbusier
SWITZERLAND (1887–1965)

Widely considered one of the most influential architects of the 20th century, Le Corbusier
(born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris) is credited with changing the face of urban
architecture, bringing it into the technological age. Connecting architecture with revolution,
his legacy demonstrates a strong, if utopian, sense of purpose to meet the needs of a
democratic society dominated by the machine. “Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a
new kind of plan, both for the house and the city,” he said in 1923.

Born in Switzerland, Le Corbusier was encouraged by a teacher to take up architecture. He

built his first house at the age of 18 for a member of his school’s teaching staff. In 1908, he
went to Paris and began to practice with Auguste Perret, an architect known for his
pioneering use of concrete and reinforced steel. Moving to Berlin, Le Corbusier worked with
Peter Behrens, who taught him about industrial processes and machine design. In 1917, he
returned to Paris, where he met post-Cubist Amédée Ozenfant and developed Purism, a new
concept of painting. In 1920, still in Paris, he adopted the pseudonym Le Corbusier.
Paradoxically, Le Corbusier combined a passion for classical Greek architecture and an
attraction to the modern machine. He published his ideas in a book entitled Vers une
Architecture, in which he refers to the house as a “machine for living,” an industrial product
that should include functional furniture or “equipment de l’habitation.” In this spirit, Le
Corbusier co-designed a system of furniture with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte
Perriand. The tubular steel furniture – including the famous LC4 Chaise Longue and LC2 and
LC3 seating collections – projected a new rationalist aesthetic that came to epitomize the
International Style.

Corbusier was both credited with and criticized for his reinvention of the modern urban
skyline – notably, the buildings he pioneered in Paris’ banlieues, which were considered
efficient but austere. Though Le Corbusier’s illustrious career came to an abrupt end in 1965
when he drowned while swimming in the Mediterranean Sea off Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in
France, his influence is undisputed.

“To be modern is not a

fashion; it is a state.”Le
Corbusier
LC2 PETIT MODELE ARMCHAIR (1928)
A modern response to the traditional club chair, this “cushion basket” is a
study in elegant minimalism.

LC4 CHAISE LOUNGE (1928)

Devoid of superfluous ornamentation, the simple shape of the LC4 leaves
no doubt as to the function of its form.
LC1 SLING CHAIR (1928)
This chair pairs the purity of simple tubular steel with the sensual warmth of
natural hide.