LC10-P Low Table en tube

Overview

The 10 Table en tube basse is a low glass-topped table credited to Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. The sheet dates the design to 1928 and Cassina's production to 1985, adding Charlotte Perriand's adaptation for Cassina of 1984. The page offers three sizes: 140 x 140 x 33 cm, 120 x 80 x 33 cm and 70 x 70 x 33 cm.

Construction

The page names tubular steel for the legs, in polished chrome, a top in clear, textured or cast glass, and steel feet in polished chrome with felt pads. The paint comes in grey, mud, ivory, light blue, green, brown and black.

Specifications

• Dimensions (drawing 010 3_): 140 x 140 x 33 cm
• Other sizes: 120 x 80 x 33 cm and 70 x 70 x 33 cm
• Legs: tubular steel with polished chrome finish
• Top: clear, textured or cast glass, with transparent coloured sand-blasted and black, aquamarine or amber glass as page options

First shown in 1929

In Cassina's account, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand and Le Corbusier showed the original version of this table at the 1929 Salon d'Automne in Paris.

Revisited in 1984, relaunched in 1985

The product sheet says the table in its original size was presented as a writing desk; Perriand revisited it in 1984, and a year later Cassina relaunched it with new features for contemporary needs.