Le Corbusier: Chaise Longue LC4
Chrome plated tubular steel frame on black enameled base.
Mattress and headrest covered with leather or ponyhide.
165 x 56 x 73 cm ( W x D x H )
usually ships within: two weeks
The chaiselongue is the most famous of the furniture designs by le Corbusier and the only one on which he worked personally. He called it "resting machine". It is most remarkable that the rest position can be adjusted without any mechanism, simply gravity will keep it in place.
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Detail view of the base frame. |
The elaborate construction to fit the horizontal supports |
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The Corbusier Chaiselongue is perhaps the most comfortable sculpture ever made. |
Three design icons in one room: LC 4 Chaiselongue, Eileen Gray Ajustable table and Tizio Lamp. |
