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Steel Furniture
Steel Furniture
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Steel Furniture

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Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Ausstellungsstrasse 60
8031 Zurich
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Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Toni-Areal, Pfingstweidstrasse 94
8031 Zurich
Pavillon Le Corbusier
Höschgasse 8
8008 Zürich
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Starting in 1959, Heidi Weber fabricated the four iconic models designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret (1896–1967), and Charlotte Perriand (1903–1999): the Chaise longue basculante, the large and small models of the Fauteuil grand confort, and the Fauteuil à dossier basculant. In the course of realizing her “Maison d’homme,” she transferred the sublicense for the four models to the Italian furniture company Cassina S.p.A. in Meda. Their own contract expired in 1978. As a result, Cassina, in collaboration with Perriand and the Fondation Le Corbusier, was able to expand the collection considerably.
The four classics from the I Maestri collection are displayed in selected versions on the upper floor of the pavilion: a chaise longue from the series “Blonde d’Aquitaine” (2011) with short-haired hide, the two Fauteuils grand confort in their original color and with down padding, and the Fauteuil à dossier basculant in black-spotted cowhide.

Fauteuil grand confort, petit modèle, LC2, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, 1928, 2019 Cassina re-edition
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Literature

Arthur Rüegg, Le Corbusier: Furniture and Interiors, 1905–1965, Zurich, 2007.

Image credits

Fauteuil grand confort, petit modèle, LC2, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, 1928, Reedition Cassina 2019
Abbildung: Museum für Gestaltung Zürich / ZHdK

Fauteuil à dossier basculant, LC1, Fauteuil grand confort, petit modèle, LC2, Fauteuil grand confort, grand modèle, LC3 und Chaiselongue, LC4 im Obergeschoss des Pavillon Le Corbusier
Abbildung: Museum für Gestaltung Zürich / ZHdK

Chaise longue à réglage continu, LC4, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, 1928, Edition Thonet. Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Designsammlung. Donation: Arthur Rüegg
Abbildung: Museum für Gestaltung Zürich / ZHdK

Fauteuil grand confort, petit modèle, LC2, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, 1928, Edition Heidi Weber Foundation. Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Designsammlung
Abbildung: Museum für Gestaltung Zürich / ZHdK

Fauteuil à dossier basculant, LC1, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, 1928, Reedition um 1970. Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Designsammlung. Donation: Arthur Rüegg
Abbildung: Museum für Gestaltung Zürich / ZHdK

Table en métal, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, 1925, hergestellt von Maison Rongier, Paris. Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Designsammlung. Donation: Arthur Rüegg
Abbildung: Museum für Gestaltung Zürich / ZHdK