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DESIGNER: Ray and Charles Eames, 1946
The Best Design of the 20th Century, according to Time magazine, which
described the molded plywood chairs as “something elegant, light, and
comfortable. Much copied, but never bettered.”
DESIGN STORY
In the early 1940s, when Charles Eames was working on MGM set designs,
he would return to the small apartment where he and his wife, Ray, were
experimenting with wood-molding techniques that would have profound
effects on the design world.
After World War II, they adapted the technology to create inexpensive,
high-quality chairs that could be mass-produced. Their relationship with
Herman Miller started with molded plywood chairs in the
late 1940s and includes this world-renowned Eames lounge chair, now in
the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The Eames Molded Plywood LCW Chair features a striking scuplted form
created by molding thin sheets of lightweight veneer into gently curved
shapes that give the hard material a soft, inviting appearance. The natural
contours of the seat and back are designed to comfortably fit the body.
SOLID CONSTRUCTION
The plywood has natural face veneers with hardwood inner plies and a
five-ply seat and back, together with gracefully curved eight-ply legs. All
of the veneers are obtained from sustainable sources. Natural rubber
shock mounts absorb movement. The lounge chair is 26.5 inches high and
has a more distinct slope than the dining chair.
The chairs are available in four wood
finishes—natural oak, natural cherry, walnut, and santos palisander. Or you
can have them in a richly grained birch veneer stained red or black.
DIMENSIONS:
26.5"h x 22"w x 24.25"d, seat height 15.5"
FINISHES:
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Natural
Oak |
Walnut |
Natural
Cherry |
Santos
Palisander |
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Red
Stain |
Black
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