LC4 Lounge
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Wood, tubular steel, other metals, textile
DATES
Designed 1928
DIMENSIONS
28 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 60 1/2 in. (71.8 x 53 x 153.7 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
2010.52.3
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Miani Johnson in memory of her mother, Marian Willard Johnson
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Adjustable, tubular steel metal frame chair on a black steel base with textile (canvas?) cushion and black leather cushion. "I-form" black steel base with flat tapering legs, terminating in small circular feet. Concave tubular steel frame rests on the base and permits the chaise longue to be self-adjusting by one's own weight shift. Conforming white textile (canvas?) under cushion with thin horizontal metal springs, covered with a textile (canvas?) dark orange outer cushion. Modern black leather cover and pillow retained and stored with object.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Le Corbusier (French Swiss, 1887-1965). LC4 Lounge, Designed 1928. Wood, tubular steel, other metals, textile, 28 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 60 1/2 in. (71.8 x 53 x 153.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Miani Johnson in memory of her mother, Marian Willard Johnson
, 2010.52.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.52.3_view1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall,
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