In 1928, the prominent Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier completed numerous experimental creations for furniture. These designs by Le Corbusier are consider for being one of the earliest models of modern furniture designs with most if not all are still being generated to this time. Together with these stylish designs still in making is the LC 4 Chaise Lounge.

Perhaps one of the more elegant designs finished by Le Corbusier, the Le Corbusier No. 4 or LC 4 Chaise Lounge is a modernist interpretation of the traditional French chaise longue design. Le Corbusier worked the Chaise Lounge in partnership with his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, and French stylist Charlotte Perriand and was primarily used in the Villa Church in Paris. The chair was later presented along with other furniture designs by Le Corbusier at the Salon d’ Automne or Autumn Salon presentation in 1929 under the induction Equipment for the Home.

The LC 4 Chaise Lounge is is made up of of three fundamental parts: the independent support base, the curved central cradle, and the cushioned mat which operates as the seat and backrest for the chair. The bottom part is completed from welded steel layered with a black matte finish, and is fixed with plastic tips at the legs to stop dents and scratches. The cradle is also made from steel, but is curved into a C-shape and layered with either black matte or chrome. The cradle is bowed so that the chair can smoothly lie down against the bottom. The cushioned mat, for the moment, is covered in high-quality ponyskin, black leather, or a custom-made beige canvas substance. The mat also has a cylindrical cushion on uppermost which carry out as the headrest.

The LC4 Chaise Lounge was first made in the 1930s by the Thonet furniture business and the Swiss Embru company likewise until 1964, when the Milan-based Cassina artist furniture company obtained the rights to generate Le Corbusier’s designs. At preset Cassina maintains as one of the topmost manufacturers of the LC 4 Chaise Lounge, though third-party reproductions are now as well available.

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