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Lc2 Grand Comfort Chair Analysis

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LC2 Grand Confort chair is considered as a classic example of the emerging 20th century modern furniture. Designed by the popular team of Le Corbusier consisting of Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret, it is still one of the iconic pieces of furniture ever made. The furniture was a part of series of furniture which was designed for Maison La Roche in Paris in 1928. It was created as a modernist response to the traditional club chair. The group’s aim was to design a corpulent and a cosy chair with the infusion of the industrial and minimalist approach. It is designed in a way as if the classic club chair has been turned inside out, with the tubular steel frames on the exterior of the chair. This method of transposition of materials applied in the design of this chair makes it a pure classic. The chromed tubular steel frames give assistance to the leather upholstered cushions. The colour scheme for LC2 were chosen by …show more content…

The distinction in the two are the difference of widths of both the chairs. LC3 being 99 cm wide, it is approximately 23 cm wider than the LC2. LC2 is 76 cm wide by 70 cm deep by 67 cm high, while the LC3 measures 99 cm wide by 73 cm deep by 62 cm high. Both the chairs share the same seating height of 43.18 cm. Both the chairs were named the Grand Confort chairs. Charlotte Perriand referred to them as “cushion baskets”.

The LC2 Grand Confort chair received a lot of popularity and recognition when it was used in a 1980 Maxwell advertisement. The commercial, called the “Blown Away Guy” showed a man sitting on the leather chair, being blown out of it by a stereo system.

With an industrial approach to design, LC2 is a great example of modernism and purism. Its sleek appearance and industrial materials, makes it a timeless piece of furniture, making a place for itself in the history of furniture design. Because of its popularity, a lot a replicas of the furniture piece have been created over

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