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LC3 Fauteuil Grand Confort, méridienne
Grand Confort méridienne by Le Corbusier, Jeanneret and Perriand, on a tubular steel frame.
1928
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The LC3 méridienne (Cassina's LC3 Fauteuil Grand Confort, grand modèle, méridienne) is the méridienne model of the Grand Confort armchair, credited to Charlotte Perriand together with Pierre Jeanneret and Le Corbusier. Cassina calls the grand modèle a synthesis of form and function. The product sheet lists the model as designed in 1928 and produced by Cassina in 2006.
Construction
Cushions padded with polyurethane foam and polyester batting rest on a tubular steel frame in polished chrome or paint. The seat frame is steel angle bar, chrome or painted; the feet are black plastic, with fabric or leather as the covering.
Specifications
- Structure: steel tube (polished chrome or painted) with a seat frame of steel angle bar and elastic webbing, chrome-plated or painted
Story
A history-making design icon
Cassina's page opens the grand modèle story with a quick sketch that grows into what it calls a synthesis of form and function. Its inventive character, the page adds, has made it an icon of modernity and a design masterpiece with lasting appeal.
A durable version from 2020
The product sheet describes a durable version of the méridienne that Cassina produced in 2020. Its tubular steel structure comes in polished chrome, brushed nickel or painted finish, and its flexible polyurethane foam is made with eco-friendly polyols derived from renewable bio-based resources.
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Collection
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Collection
Cassina's Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand collection: furniture from their 1927-1937 collaboration, mass-produced by Cassina since 1965.
