Object Details
Manufacturer
Herman Miller Furniture Company, Zeeland, Michigan, USA
Designer
Charles Eames, American, 1907–1978
Ray Kaiser Eames, American, 1912–1988
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Form constructed of five shaped pieces of laminated and bent wood: contoured trapezoidal seat and back; front legs made from single narrow strip, horse-shoe shaped and tapered; shorter back legs made in same manner. Legs, seat and back connected by continuous wide ribbon of plywood. Shellacked.
Credit Line
Gift of Anonymous Donor
Date
1946
Accession Number
1963-22-1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright Notice
© Courtesy of Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames Designers
Type
furniture
Decorative Arts
Object Name
Side chair
Type
Side chair
Medium
plywood, rubber
Dimensions
H x W x D: 72.5 x 46 x 58 cm (28 9/16 x 18 1/8 x 22 13/16 in.)
made in
Zeeland, Michigan, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1963-22-1