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3 Fauteuil Grand Confort ( LC3)

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Modernist, Iconic

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Cassina

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Meinkatz

about this product

The 3 Fauteuil Grand Confort (specifically the grand modèle armchair, previously known as the LC3) is a cube-shaped, high-arm modernist armchair designed in 1928 by Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, and Pierre Jeanneret as a response to the traditional club chair. It features a polished chrome-plated or semigloss enamelled tubular steel frame that acts as an external "cage" or corset holding four to five loose, bulging leather cushions (seat, back, two armrests, and sometimes a head cushion), embodying the modernist principle of "structure as decoration" by visibly separating the load-bearing metal frame from the upholstery. The LC3 is slightly larger and lower-profile than its sibling LC2 (petit modèle), offering a softer, more relaxed seating experience with thicker cushions often filled with feather over a polyurethane core, and it remains an MoMA-collected icon of industrial aesthetics and the "machine-for-sitting" philosophy.

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Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand

In 1922, Le Corbusier began working in the new rue de Sèvres, Paris, atelier with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret with whom he shared research projects and design criteria in a profound and life-long professional relationship.In October 1927, the pair decided to draw on the contribution of a young architect who had already begun to establish a reputation on the architectural scene of the time: Charlotte Perriand. Their collaboration lasted through to 1937 and was extremely fruitful, especially in the field of furniture design. The partnership was highly significant, both in terms of the cultural weight of their achievements and their professional successes.It was together with Charlotte Perriand that the pair tackled the innovative project for “l’équipement d'intérieur de l’habitation”. The resulting designs were of great intellectual value and considerable commercial success. Thanks to Cassina’s ongoing production, there is continued interest in the conceptual contents of the work and the level of quality attained.

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