Charles-douard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, referred to a house as a “machine for living,” an industrial product that should include functional furniture or “equipment de l’habitation.” In this spirit, he designed a system of furniture with Charlotte Perriand and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret. The group’s LC10 Square Low Table (1928) was originally presented in the form of a desk at the 1929 Salon d’Automne in Paris. With this piece, the framework is reduced to a minimum, leaving only the treatment of t…read more