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GRAND CONFORT by Le Corbusier

"Grand Confort, petit modèle"
The armchair Grand confort - in the two versions, petit and grand modèle - is part of the series of furnishings in tubular steel presented in 1929 at the Salon d'Automne in Paris, which were born from collaboration between Le Corbusier, his cousin Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand.
In line with their views on the themes of proportion and ergonomics, they created the grand modèle for women, who tend to sit with their legs crossed in a diagonal line, and the petit modèle for men, who instead tend to sit straight with their legs open.
Four independent removable cushions are contained within a metal "basket" structure. The modernist response to the traditional club chair (a supporting structure in wood with external padding attached to it). Maximum comfort, provided with minimal work and use of materials.
The prototype was different from the current model: in 1959 when the production in series began in Zurich, the interior decorator Heidi Weber suggested chrome-plating the structure, giving the cushions a square, formal appearance, and eliminating the spring mechanism in the back legs, which made the chair bend backwards.
Weber was also the one to recommended making sofas, but they were only introduced years later, due to firm opposition from Le Corbusier, who retained that the Grand comfort philosophy was applicable exclusively to armchairs, which meet the needs of individuals, while sofas must meet different requirements, such as, favoring social relationships in a room.

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