Image source: Cassina — LC4 Chaise Longue
© Cassina and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research.
LC4 Chaise Longue
Chrome tubular cradle on a black steel base, designed 1928; this is the durable version.
564 × 690 × 1600 mm
1928
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The 4 Chaise longue à réglage continu, durable (LC4) is the chaise longue that Cassina calls "the quintessential chaise longue". The product page says it was created in 1928 and exhibited at the 1929 Salon d'Automne; its product sheet reads 1928 for design and Cassina, 2023 for production of this version, and its text mentions an introduction in 1965.
Construction
- Frame: tubular steel, polished chrome
- Base: tubular steel, painted black
- Seating: elastic webbing or nickel-plated steel springs; mattress of recycled polyester wadding, headrest of blown recycled polyester fibre
- Cover: black leather on the product page; the sheet lists self-supporting fabric, hair-on leather and leather
Specifications
- Model 004 1C/4C/1T/1P/_N: W 56.4 x D 160 x H 69 cm
Story
A study of restful seating
Cassina's sheet says the chaise longue was designed in 1928 on the basis of a study of restful seating, and that it expresses the desire of the three authors to place the human figure at the centre of the design. The sheet shows a photograph captioned as the presentation of the furniture in the Maison La Roche, Paris, 1928.
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Introduced 1965, re-introduced 2023
According to the sheet, Cassina first introduced the model in 1965 and re-introduced it in 2023 with circular materials. The recycled polyester wadding of the mattress and the blown recycled polyester fibre of the headrest belong to that version, and the interior of the mattress is now attached with velcro, which the sheet says allows easier disassembly.
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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.
