Eventhough he was basically acknowledged for his work in architecture, the Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier is also looked upon for the legacy he left behind in the field of furniture design. accepted as one of the leading fathers of the modernism movement of the early 20th century, Le Corbusier used the characteristics of modern architecture into creating chairs, couches, and other furnishings that are light, plain and functional. And one type of that creations by Le Corbusier that has all of these features is the Le Corbusier Sofa LC3.

Fraction of the LC3 set which also composes the LC3 Ottoman and the LC3 Meridienne, the Le Corbusier Sofa LC3 is a two to three-seat capacity sofa composed of a black leather seat and cushions surrounded by a rigid steel frame. The LC3 sofa, as it was in othet times called, was created by Le Corbusier in 1928 in cooperation with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand, and is based on his Grand Comfort armchair design.

Composed of just about two parts, the Le Corbusier Sofa LC3 is evenly simple in design. Its most distinctive feature, however, is its surface steel frame: rather than being covered under the layers of padding of the cushions, the frame spreads on the chair on the outside. The frame is completed from industrial grade tubular steel, and is refined to a sparkling finish or coated with layers of chrome plating. The cushions, furthermore, are overflowed with either natural down or polyurethane and layered in black aniline leather.

Eventhough Le Corbusier once uttered that sofas are bourgeois; it is opposite that one of his most popular designs is the Le Corbusier Sofa LC3. currently the real LC3 collection can be seen in art museums and private collections worldwide, even though re-editions based on the design are vastly available on the market. nowadays the Cassina company of Milan is the licensed maker of the LC3 sofa re-editions.