Cassina LC2 Leather Armchair: the Grand Confort classic, edited for today

A modern room, clearly outlined

The LC2 (Fauteuil Grand Confort, petit modèle) reads like a diagram you can sit in: structure outside, comfort inside. It’s a compact armchair with a distinctly architectural posture—upright, calm, and legible from every angle. In leather, the model leans even more into its graphic clarity, emphasizing seams, planes, and the negative space around the frame.

Cassina and the discipline of re-edition

Cassina’s identity is closely tied to rigorous re-editions—keeping canonical modern designs in production with controlled authorship and consistent detailing. The LC2 sits within that lineage as one of the brand’s most recognizable architectural seats. For the maker’s framing of the piece and its continuing place in the catalog, see Cassina LC2.

Conceived in 1928, shown in 1929

The armchair was conceived in 1928 by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand, and presented publicly with the group’s tubular furniture at the Salon d’Automne in Paris in 1929—an early statement of furnishings as “equipment” rather than ornament. Museum and foundation records document the model and its authorship: Fondation Le Corbusier and MoMA collection entry. For our listing, visit the Product page.

What the LC2 gets right, in use

Its most radical gesture is also the simplest: the tubular frame is treated as an independent chassis, while the seat and back cushions behave like a contained, removable volume. Cassina describes this separation as consistent with Rationalist principles and an industrial approach to making—an armchair built from discrete parts, assembled with intention rather than disguised as a single mass (Cassina context). The result is a chair that supports conversation and posture without asking the room to revolve around it.

Installation story

A recent customer installation notes delivery completed on December 3, 2025, with a chrome structure and leather upholstery selection, aligning with the LC2’s signature “frame-first” read. Their notes also call out a cushioned build focused on a soft, supportive sit—exactly the comfort/structure contrast the design is known for.

Where it belongs

The LC2 works best in interiors that value clear geometry: galleries-at-home, tailored living rooms, and quiet reception areas where furniture needs to look intentional from across the space. It pairs naturally with glass, stone, and disciplined woodwork, and it also sharpens more eclectic rooms by giving them a fixed visual “grid.” If you want one classic modern piece to act as an anchor—without turning the room into a period set—the LC2 is a reliable, editorially clean choice.

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