LC1 armchair, Cassina, from 1965. chrome-plated... Lot 45

LC1 armchair, Cassina, from 1965. chrome-plated tubular steel frame with tilting dossel; upholstered in black and white mottled leather; leather armrests. Signature on frame Le Corbusier LC/1 1631, cm. 61X59X68 (very slight signs of wear). Designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand in 1928, the armchair was presented in 1929 at the Salon d'Automne along with other important models such as the Fauteuil Grand Confort, petit modèle and grand modèle armchairs, the Table tube d'avion table and the Chaise longue à réglage continu. Like other models in the collection, the Fauteuil dossier basculant armchair derives from an in-depth study of the body's posture and, in this particular case, offers itself as the perfect support for compound relaxation that predisposes to conversation. Its perfect compositional simplicity, adaptable to different contexts, is also declined in the versions of 1928 for Villa Church and 1930 for the exhibition at the Union des Artistes Modernes.