LC1 Villa Church armchair is designed by Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret Charlotte Perriand for Cassina with frame in with polished trivalent chromed tubular steel. Sheet folded and painted in gray color and elastic straps of the seat surface in black. Cover in blue satin fabric (Composition: 65% cotton, 35% polyester), leather. The armrests are wider in front and tapered towards the back in blue satin fabric with front and profiles in gray leather or completely in leather. Backrest with metal frame equipped with elastic straps and padding in cold-foamed polyurethane foam and polyester fiber wadding coupled with velveteen. The seat with padding in shaped block polyurethane and polyester fiber wadding coupled with velveteen and feet in plastic material with black finish.
In this version of the sling chair, designed in 1928 for the Villa Church à Ville-d’Avray, the seat and backrest were padded to meet the client’s request for maximum comfort. Also in 1928, a similar padded model was created for the art gallery of collector Raoul La Roche. These first prototypes were used to define more accurately the structure of the 1929 model for the Salon d’Automne.
In 1922, Le Corbusier began working in the new rue de Sèvres atelier with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret with whom he shared research projects and design criteria in a profound professional relationship. In October 1927, the pair decided to draw on the contribution of a young architect who had already begun to establish a reputation on the architectural scene of the time: Charlotte Perriand. Their collaboration lasted through to 1937 and was extremely fruitful, especially in the field of furniture design. The partnership was highly significant, both in terms of the cultural weight of their achievements and their professional successes. It was together with Charlotte Perriand that the pair tackled the innovative project for “l’équipement de la maison”. The resulting designs were of great intellectual value and considerable commercial success.
Starting price (VAT included): € 3.248,13