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The cage
External structure
The tubular frame wraps the cushions like a corset. What a classic armchair hides is the first thing you see here.
Its catalogue name
- Design
- Le Corbusier, Jeanneret and Perriand
- Year
- 1928
- Place
- Paris
- Material
- Tubular steel and leather
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Chapter I. Origin
Chapter II. Anatomy
Chapter III. Exploded view
Skeleton and padding
The frame does not hold from within: it contains from outside. Remove the cushions and only the cage remains, a steel drawing in the shape of a cube.
A
Skeleton
Tubular steel
B
Padding
Leather cushions
Chapter IV. Matter and light
Try it
The same structure changes character with its materials and the light in the room.
Chapter V. Context
1927
Perriand joins the studio
Charlotte Perriand joins the studio of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret to take charge of furnishings.
1928
The Grand Confort is born
The team designs a series of tubular seats, among them the reinvented club armchair.
1929
Salon d'Automne
In Paris they present their complete proposal for furnishing the modern home.
1937
Perriand goes her own way
She leaves the studio and develops her own work, becoming a central figure of design.
1965
Cassina
The Italian company begins producing the LC collection, which it still makes today.
Chapter VI. Closing
It turned the club chair inside out and left the skeleton on show.
Objects of the Century, Grand Confort
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Preparing the room