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    Object Details

    Designer

    Charles Eames, American, 1907–1978

    Manufacturer

    Evans Products Company, American, 1923 - ca. 1962

    For

    Herman Miller Furniture Company, Zeeland, Michigan, USA

    Designer

    Ray Kaiser Eames, American, 1912–1988

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Molded laminated plywood seat and back panels connected by bent tubular steel frame. Rubber gaskets connecting steel to wood. Metal pad feet.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Olive Emslie

    Date

    1946

    Accession Number

    1990-112-2

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    furniture
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    Side chair

    Type

    Side chair

    Medium

    Molded laminated plywood, bent tubular steel, metal, molded rubber

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 74.5 x 49 x 51cm (29 5/16 x 19 5/16 x 20 1/16in.)

    made in

    Detroit, Michigan, USA

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq442c16df2-a8ce-495c-83a7-0ff89d70914f

    Record ID

    chndm_1990-112-2

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