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LC4 Lounge

Decorative Arts and Design

MEDIUM Wood, tubular steel, other metals, textile
DATES Designed 1928
DIMENSIONS 28 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 60 1/2 in. (71.8 x 53 x 153.7 cm)  (show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER 2010.52.3
CREDIT LINE Gift of Miani Johnson in memory of her mother, Marian Willard Johnson
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Adjustable, tubular steel metal frame chair on a black steel base with textile (canvas?) cushion and black leather cushion. "I-form" black steel base with flat tapering legs, terminating in small circular feet. Concave tubular steel frame rests on the base and permits the chaise longue to be self-adjusting by one's own weight shift. Conforming white textile (canvas?) under cushion with thin horizontal metal springs, covered with a textile (canvas?) dark orange outer cushion. Modern black leather cover and pillow retained and stored with object.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Le Corbusier (French Swiss, 1887–1965). LC4 Lounge, Designed 1928. Wood, tubular steel, other metals, textile, 28 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 60 1/2 in. (71.8 x 53 x 153.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Miani Johnson in memory of her mother, Marian Willard Johnson , 2010.52.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.52.3_view1.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.2010.52.3_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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