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Fauteuil grand confort, Petit modele, 1928
A group of cushions placed side by side into a cage of chrome-plated or polished steel tubing grey-blue in color. Emphasis is place on the distinction between supporting and supported structure, the one entirely external, the other internal; one belongs to the reign of convexity, the other to that of concavity.They express the logic of rationalism: the paradoxical contrast between the enourmous leather cushions and their apparently very slight support; the maximum of "confort" with the minimum use of materials and "toil."
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8 Siege Tournant Fauteuil, 1929
Between the "signified" element of the horizontal and the vertical "signifying" element there is a curve which in its turn leads into the swivel mechanism.The back of the "siege tournant" is a tube covered in padded leather, traversed right at the center by a metal tube attaching it to the seat, and illustrates another feature of Le Corbusier's design, where obviousness of the solution recalls an objectrouve or a certain Je-m'en-foutisme, somewhat resembling Dadaism. |
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4 Chaise-longue a re'glage continu, 1928
The upper structure, of chrome-plated or polished grey-blue steel, restes on a greyish iron trestle.
The broken line of the moulded seat forms a very elegent contrast with the broad curve upon which it rests and is adapted to support the body in repose. This model carries out to the letter the theory that objects of design can be viewed as artificials limbs, that is, decorative art which has become orthopedic.
From any angle the stability of the seat is assured by the firction of the rubber tubes which cover the crossbars of the support.
In this object the entire concept of rationalism is embodied: the new technology, the sense of lightness combined with solidity, the juxtaposition of diverse materials, but above all the ideal of maximum funtionalism. |
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