Chaise Longue Model No. B306, 1928
Chromed bent tubular steel, leather
Design: Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret,Charlotte Perriand The first project assigned to Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) by Le Corbusier (1887-1965) was to design a series of chairs to furnish Maison La Roche, a house he was designing in Paris. He asked for three types of chair: one “for conversation”, another “for relaxation” and a third “for sleeping”. The first was the B301 slingback chair, the second the Grand Confort club chair and the third the B306 chaise longue. Inspired by the graceful curves of 18th century French daybeds, the chaise longue combined the utility of tubular steel with the decadence of ponyskin and leather. “I thought of the cowboy from the Wild West smoking his pipe, feet in the air higher than his head, against the chimney-piece: complete rest,” recalled Le Corbusier. Charlotte Perriand posed for the publicity shots of the B306 with bobbed hair, a daringly short skirt and a necklace of industrial ball bearings.
Charlotte Perriand on the B306 Chaise Longue, 1928
Chromed bent tubular steel, leather
Design: Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier, Edouard Jeanneret
Production: Thonet Freres, Austria
Reissue: Cassina, Italy