In 1925 the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier wrote a book called L’Art décoratif d’aujourd’hui. In it Le Corbusier classified furniture as a “human-limb object”, wherein it was customized to the several functions of the human body and was tactful at doing so. Le Corbusier would later bring his concepts to life in 1928 when he completed numerous experimental patterns for furniture. One of these was the Le Corbusier Sofa LC2.

Also identified merely as the LC2 Sofa, the Le Corbusier Sofa LC2 is a two to three-person capacity sofa made up of an external steel frame and movable black cushions. The sofa was created by Le Corbusier in partnership with French interior designer Charlotte Perriand, and is built on the pattern of the LC2 “Petite Lounge” Armchair.

The exterior steel frame of the Le Corbusier Sofa LC2 is created from industrial grade tubular steel, and is covered with a chrome, black matte, or lustrous enamel finish. The cushions for now are occupied with polyurethane or biological down feathers and enclosed with high quality black leather. Later reproductions of the LC2 Sofa also includes cushions wrapped with stain strong fabric.

The Le Corbusier Sofa LC2 reveals resemblance with another Le Corbusier sofa creation, which is the two-seater Le Corbusier Sofa LC3. The sofa also holds difference for being one of numerous of Le Corbusier’s creations that were exhibitedt at the Salon d’ Automne presentation at Paris, France in 1929.

The Le Corbusier Sofa LC2 was first produced by the Thonet furniture company in the 1930s and afterwards by the Swiss company Embru. In 1964, the designer furniture company Cassina of Italy was honored with the rights to replicate the LC2 Sofa, and remains its leading manufacturer to this day. Though, because of its recognition and association with the celebrated architect reproductions of the Le Corbusier Sofa LC2 by other producers have also reproduced in the market.