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Eames, Charles, born 1907 - died 1978 - Enlarge image
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- Object:
Stacking chair
- Place of origin:
United States (made)
- Date:
1950 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Eames, Charles, born 1907 - died 1978 (designed by)
Herman Miller Furniture Co (manufactured by) - Materials and Techniques:
Moulded glass-fibre seat with chromium-plated tubular steel leg frame
- Museum number:
CIRC.397-1970
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This armchair was designed in 1950. It is a development of both the organic forms of the Eameses' plywood furniture from the 1940s and their designs for the Low Cost Furniture competition staged at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, in 1948. The Eameses were not alone in designing chairs made of new plastics, but they were the first to use the marble effect of the fibreglass strands strengthening the polyester as a decorative effect, unashamedly celebrating the modernity of the design. The first chairs to be produced to this design were in more muted shades than later production.
