Le Corbusier LC3 Fauteuil Grand Confort Amber Mohair armchair, Cassina, Italy.

Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand for Cassina Italy, Imported to US by Atelier International (prior to 1984); Date of production: 1965-1975. Labelled, also features maker's mark and serial number

Listing is for single armchair.

Exceptional pieces. Original amber/honey mohair. Stainless steel frame. Lovely juxtaposition of textures and temperatures.

A few measured strokes of the pen and the LC3 Fauteuil Grand Confort, grand modèle is the consummate synthesis of form and function. Its innovative spirit makes it an icon of all things modern ? deemed a design masterpiece with timeless appeal.

The LC3 Fauteuil Grand Confort, grand modèle armchair marked the separation of the metal frame from the upholstery, reflecting Modernist architecture theory, where the support load-bearing structure of the building was separated from the rest. In this case, four discrete cushions are set inside a cage of painted or chrome-finished steel tubes.

More About the Design (From Cassina's website):

The LC3, historically known as the Fauteuil Grand Confort, was designed in 1928 by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand as part of their revolutionary interiors project. The first prototypes were made to furnish Villa Church, owned by an American couple living in Paris, and the next year a selection was displayed – with much scandal - at the Salon d’Automne at the Grand Palais. Each architect had designed a specific version for the exhibit, the production of which they personally financed, based on their individual ideas and tastes. Their final choice was to show the Le Corbusier version. Following the exhibition the three architects took their personal prototypes home: Charlotte Perriand to her apartment in Montparnasse, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret to rue Jacob in the Latin Quarter, until 1934 when Le Corbusier moved to his new apartment in rue Nungesser-et-Coli.