Drawing
1955 (made), 1972 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
This is a 1970s dye-line copy of an original exploded specification drawing by Charles and Ray Eames, which has had later modifications made to it. Explodoed specifications are useful to designers and manufacturers for clearly showing all the separate components and how they relate to each other.
Charles Eames first came to prominence as a chair designer in 1940 when, with Eero Sarrinin, he won the 1940 'Organic Design in Home Furnishings' competition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1942 Eames and Saarinen worked for the US Navy Developing plywood leg splints. From this work he experimented further with moulded plywood and steel in furniture design and, working with his wife Ray from the late 1940s, developed the pedestal Eames Lounge Chair in 1955. The new point about the Eames plywood technique was that the plywood was moulded into curves of more than one plane. This model proved to be so successful that it is still in production and has achieved 'classic' status around the world.
Charles Eames first came to prominence as a chair designer in 1940 when, with Eero Sarrinin, he won the 1940 'Organic Design in Home Furnishings' competition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1942 Eames and Saarinen worked for the US Navy Developing plywood leg splints. From this work he experimented further with moulded plywood and steel in furniture design and, working with his wife Ray from the late 1940s, developed the pedestal Eames Lounge Chair in 1955. The new point about the Eames plywood technique was that the plywood was moulded into curves of more than one plane. This model proved to be so successful that it is still in production and has achieved 'classic' status around the world.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Dye-line print |
| Brief description | Revised versions of the original working drawings for the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, 1955 and 1972 |
| Physical description | Revised versions of the original working drawings for the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, 1955 and 1972. |
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| Summary | This is a 1970s dye-line copy of an original exploded specification drawing by Charles and Ray Eames, which has had later modifications made to it. Explodoed specifications are useful to designers and manufacturers for clearly showing all the separate components and how they relate to each other. Charles Eames first came to prominence as a chair designer in 1940 when, with Eero Sarrinin, he won the 1940 'Organic Design in Home Furnishings' competition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1942 Eames and Saarinen worked for the US Navy Developing plywood leg splints. From this work he experimented further with moulded plywood and steel in furniture design and, working with his wife Ray from the late 1940s, developed the pedestal Eames Lounge Chair in 1955. The new point about the Eames plywood technique was that the plywood was moulded into curves of more than one plane. This model proved to be so successful that it is still in production and has achieved 'classic' status around the world. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.615-1980 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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