Grand Confort
Grand Confort is a cube-shaped high armchair, whose leather cushions are held in a chrome-plated steel corset. It was designed as a modernist response to the traditional club chair in 1928 by a team of three: Le Corbusier; his cousin and colleague Pierre Jeanneret; and Charlotte Perriand. The LC-2 and LC-3 were referred as Cusion Baskets by Le Corbusier. They are more colloquially referred to as the and due to their respective sizes.Series
These chairs have become most famous:
- LC-1 - Originally titled Basculant, Fauteuil Grand Confort
- LC-2 - Petit Modèle: With a shape close to a cube, it is more narrow but has a higher seat and back. It is a small model of comfort sofa.
- LC-3 - Fauteuil grand confort, grand modèle'': Wider and lower to the ground, it is a large model of comfort sofa.
The LC-2 have been featured in a variety of media, notably the Maxell "blown away" advertisement. At the 2010 Apple event, the then CEO Steve Jobs used a classic LC-3 chair while introducing the iPad.
They are a permanent design collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
In the modern day BBC adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes sits in a LC-3, while Dr. Watson sits in a traditional Club chair.
