Cassina LC3 Armchair (Black Leather)
The LC3 armchair was designed in 1928 by creative and iconic dream team: Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret. The LC3 is the larger version of the original LC2 (The Grand Confort) chair, which was debuted in 1929 at the Salon d’Automne in Paris, by both Perriand and Le Corbusier.
The history of this iconic chair series is fascinating.
The trailblazing Perriand was enlisted to help design a range of modern interiors that would be structurally functional, yet cosy, conveying a sense of hospitality for the user. Perriand drew on her Art Deco influences, and the radical use of tubular steel in furniture, pioneered by Mies Van Der Rohe and the Bauhaus cohort.
As a modernist architect, Le Corbusier’s signature aim was to separate constructional elements from the rest of the building’s structure. As a result, the structural frame was wrapped by the skin of the building, leaving the open internal spaces devoid of load bearing walls. It seems he has taken influence and used the same concept in the collaborative design of the LC3, with the four cushions of the LC3 chair being isolated from the surrounding steel frame.
The result of this historic collaboration was a modernist take on the 19th Century English “club” chair. The Grand Confort has a distinct lack of bourgeois forms or ornamental elements, instead it favours a minimalist approach emphasising simplicity and utility, creating an elegant and uncomplicated armchair.
The LC3 armchair has a timeless appeal that makes it an eternal classic.
The LC3 armchair was designed in 1928 by creative and iconic dream team: Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret. The LC3 is the larger version of the original LC2 (The Grand Confort) chair, which was debuted in 1929 at the Salon d’Automne in Paris, by both Perriand and Le Corbusier.
The history of this iconic chair series is fascinating.
The trailblazing Perriand was enlisted to help design a range of modern interiors that would be structurally functional, yet cosy, conveying a sense of hospitality for the user. Perriand drew on her Art Deco influences, and the radical use of tubular steel in furniture, pioneered by Mies Van Der Rohe and the Bauhaus cohort.
As a modernist architect, Le Corbusier’s signature aim was to separate constructional elements from the rest of the building’s structure. As a result, the structural frame was wrapped by the skin of the building, leaving the open internal spaces devoid of load bearing walls. It seems he has taken influence and used the same concept in the collaborative design of the LC3, with the four cushions of the LC3 chair being isolated from the surrounding steel frame.
The result of this historic collaboration was a modernist take on the 19th Century English “club” chair. The Grand Confort has a distinct lack of bourgeois forms or ornamental elements, instead it favours a minimalist approach emphasising simplicity and utility, creating an elegant and uncomplicated armchair.
The LC3 armchair has a timeless appeal that makes it an eternal classic.
The LC3 armchair was designed in 1928 by creative and iconic dream team: Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret. The LC3 is the larger version of the original LC2 (The Grand Confort) chair, which was debuted in 1929 at the Salon d’Automne in Paris, by both Perriand and Le Corbusier.
The history of this iconic chair series is fascinating.
The trailblazing Perriand was enlisted to help design a range of modern interiors that would be structurally functional, yet cosy, conveying a sense of hospitality for the user. Perriand drew on her Art Deco influences, and the radical use of tubular steel in furniture, pioneered by Mies Van Der Rohe and the Bauhaus cohort.
As a modernist architect, Le Corbusier’s signature aim was to separate constructional elements from the rest of the building’s structure. As a result, the structural frame was wrapped by the skin of the building, leaving the open internal spaces devoid of load bearing walls. It seems he has taken influence and used the same concept in the collaborative design of the LC3, with the four cushions of the LC3 chair being isolated from the surrounding steel frame.
The result of this historic collaboration was a modernist take on the 19th Century English “club” chair. The Grand Confort has a distinct lack of bourgeois forms or ornamental elements, instead it favours a minimalist approach emphasising simplicity and utility, creating an elegant and uncomplicated armchair.
The LC3 armchair has a timeless appeal that makes it an eternal classic.