In 1928, the distinguished Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier completed various experimental creations for furniture. These designs by Le Corbusier are honor for being one of the earliest exemplars of modern furniture designs with most if not all are still being produced to this time. Along with these trendy designs still in making is the LC 4 Chaise Lounge.

Possibly one of the more grandeur designs finished by Le Corbusier, the Le Corbusier No. 4 or LC 4 Chaise Lounge is a modernist version of the standard French chaise longue design. Le Corbusier worked the Chaise Lounge in cooperation with his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, and French artist Charlotte Perriand and was originally used in the Villa Church in Paris. The chair was later presented along with other furniture designs by Le Corbusier at the Salon d’ Automne or Autumn Salon presentation in 1929 under the inauguration Equipment for the Home.

The LC 4 Chaise Lounge is is made up of of three fundamental divisions: the independent support base, the curved central cradle, and the cushioned mat which operates as the seat and backrest for the chair. The bottom part is done from welded steel covered with a black matte finish, and is built-in with plastic tips at the legs to stop dents and scratches. The cradle is also made from steel, but is twisted into a C-shape and layered with either black matte or chrome. The cradle is bent so that the chair can smoothly lie down against the foot. The cushioned mat, for the moment, is covered in high-quality ponyskin, black leather, or a custom-made beige canvas matter. The mat also has a cylindrical cushion on uppermost which completed as the headrest.

The LC4 Chaise Lounge was first made in the 1930s by the Thonet furniture business and the Swiss Embru company correspondingly until 1964, when the Milan-based Cassina stylist furniture company gained the rights to produce Le Corbusier’s designs. Now Cassina continues as one of the highest manufacturers of the LC 4 Chaise Lounge, even though third-party reproductions are now likewise available.