Chaise Longue

Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) French, born Switzerland, 1887-1965 Pierre Jeanneret Swiss, 1896-1967 Charlotte Perriand French, 1903-1999 Made by Embru-Werke, A.G. Rüti, Switzerland, founded 1904

Date

Designed 1928, made about 1933

Medium

Chrome-plated steel, replacement American Shorthorn upholstery, leather, and painted metal

Dimensions

54.6 × 157.5 × 59.1 cm (21 1/2 × 62 × 23 1/4 in.)

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Credit line

Bequest of Hedwig B. Schniewind