Le Corbusier: Furniture and Interiors 1905-1965

Le Corbusier: Furniture and Interiors 1905-1965

Klaus Spechtenhauser • Scheidegger & Spiess

ISBN-10: 3858817287 · ISBN-13: 978‑3858817280 · 2012

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The architect Le Corbusier (1887-1965) was also an internationally acclaimed furniture designer. His steel and leather LC2 Armchair and LC4 Chaise Longue designed in collaboration with Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand in 1928 now rank among the classics of modernism and are still being produced today. Whereas Le Corbusier's architectural works and the iconic furniture designs of the late nine-teen-twenties have been the subject of numerous publications, there has not as yet been any single work devoted exclusively to his achievements as a designer and creator of interiors. This lavishly illustrated book fills this gap. The essay section presents Le Corbusier's many different contributions to the development of interior design from his early classicistic ensembles to the famous manifestos of the twenties and thirties and the minimalist works of his late period. A detailed account of his collaboration with Jeanneret and Perriand is also provided. The catalogue section, which with some 370 entries details all the furniture designs that could be traced in both words and pictures, allows us to visualize both Le Corbusier's interiors and the furnishings they contained.

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