Table LC6 by Le Corbusier, Cassina, Italy, design 1929

Table LC6, presented for the first time in 1929 at the Salon d'Automne by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand. The design is distinguished by the contrast between a thick textured glass top, cast on a bed of sand, and a black painted steel base inspired by the ovoid profiles used in aeronautics in the late 1920s. This manufacturing process gives a subtly irregular surface and marked visual depth. The structure incorporates an adjustment system allowing the height of the table to be set between 69 and 74 cm. The composition reflects a technical and disciplined approach characteristic of the modernist language developed by its designers. A key model in the history of 20th-century furniture, the LC6 remains a reference for the clarity of its form and the balance of its proportions. Manufacturer: Cassina, LC6 no. 23486, Italy.