Earlier than the 20th century furniture design frequently stressed on its ornamental principles rather than for practical ones, and attractiveness of furnishings during that moment were often deliberate on how long they were crafted. But, with the increase of the Second Industrial Revolution and the supposed Belle Époque period in Europe, a number of modern designers have concluded to challenge the norms of customary design. This in time led to the rise of the Modern Movement in the early 20th century and the succeeding introduction of modern furniture. One of those original present furniture designs was the LC2 Le Corbusier Sofa.

Section of the valued LC2 furniture collection, the Le Corbusier No. 2 or LC2 Le Corbusier Sofa was one of the original and more celebrated exemplars of 20th century modern furniture. This two to three-sitter sofa is composed of loose square and rectangular cushions formed by an exterior tubular steel frame, a different contrast to customary sofa designs where the framework is placed on the interior under levels of upholstery. The sofa’s tubular frame is also wrapped with chrome, luster, or a black matte enamel finish, while the cushions where loaded with polyurethane, polyester, or natural down feathers and surrounded with either leather or fabric upholstery. Early production models of the LC2 Sofa typically had black or white coverings, even though reproductions are now presented in other tints.

The LC2 Le Corbusier Sofa was the effort of Le Corbusier, a Swiss-French architect and initiator of the 20th century Modern group. The LC2 Sofa was among the tentative furniture Le Corbusier made it in 1928 in cooperation with his cousin and fellow architect Pierre Jeanneret and French designer Charlotte Perriand. The sofa, in conjunction with the rest of the LC2 compilation, was later showed in 1929 at the Salon d’ Automne art display in Paris under the Equipment for the Home inauguration.