Cassina - Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret - Armchair - LC-7 - Steel, Textiles

The activity of the atelier began in 1922, in rue de Sèvres in Paris, which Le Corbusier with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand, a young architect who took over in 1927, would give shape to a vast collection of furnishings.
From this collaboration began the design of pieces of furniture, which continued until 1937 and which led to the creation of furniture with which the three designers addressed the problem of "l'équipement d'intérieur de l'habitation".
In this context, the LC7, designed by Perriand herself, is not a traditional chair as it is inspired by the office chairs that were fashionable in the 1920s in the United States and England. It is classified among chairs because it was conceived as such by the author: a chair for the dining room.
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The armchair included in this auction is presented in the version with black lacquered frame and cognac-colored leather upholstery.
The armchair is perfectly preserved and has no obvious defects. The frame is intact, the lacquering is in very good condition, the leather covering is perfect with no signs of use.
There is the Cassina brand printed on the frame of the armchair to testify to the originality of the piece.
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Armchair dimensions in cm:
Height 73
Width 60
Depth 55
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LC-7 It is part of the series of furniture (LC1-LC10) exhibited in 1929 at the Salon d'automne in Paris, and signed by Le Corbusier, Jeanneret and Perriand. The cooperation of Charlotte Perriand, the only woman in the group, in Le Corbusier's studio is evident in all the pieces presented. Perriand lends a more human dimension to the sometimes cold rationalism of the famous architect Le Corbusier. In his projects he gives a new aesthetic value to basic everyday items. At the time of the famous exhibition, the designers left visitors perplexed by their characteristic of exalting the fact of being the concrete expression of their own function.
The intellectual discussion that followed was about the concept of the session and the design attitude followed by the authors. “What is a seat, if not an object that fulfills its task by welcoming the human body in a semi-erect posture? The designer focuses his action on the concept of usefulness and needs for use. The basic components of each type of seat are organized around the simplest structure, that of a metal tube chosen as the primary support of the object: the structure becomes a containment cage or support system. ”
The furniture of the Le Corbusier studio, including the LC7, was conceived as suitable tools for inhabiting modern homes in a new way: even today, they integrate perfectly, expressing concreteness. The furnishing object that fulfills the function in a composed and essential form, stripped of ornamentation.
The shape of the backrest of the LC7 was born from some experiments done with inner tubes. It is enveloping and consists of a padded cylinder internally covered by the steel structure. Another particular element of the shape are the legs which, by bending, give strength and stability, eliminating the need for connecting pieces. The entire seat is rotatable. The padded parts are covered in leather or fabric.
LC7, like the other pieces of the LC series, is exhibited in all modern art museums in the world including the Mo. MA in New York.
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