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Model DCM Side Chair

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Manufacturer

Herman Miller Furniture Company, Zeeland, Michigan, USA

Designer

Charles Eames, American, 1907–1978
Ray Kaiser Eames, American, 1912–1988

Description

Molded plywood seat and back panels covered in brown and white calfskin, connected by bent tubular steel frame. Metal pad feet.

Credit Line

Gift of George R. Kravis II

Date

1951

Accession Number

2018-22-84

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

furniture
Decorative Arts

Object Name

side chair

Type

side chair

Medium

birch plywood, calfskin, chrome-plated metal

Dimensions

H x W x D: 73.7 × 49.5 × 53.3 cm (29 in. × 19 1/2 in. × 21 in.)

manufactured in

Zeeland, 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/kq4f751f5ad-90fc-4825-8932-b1c14ae8a6af

Record ID

chndm_2018-22-84

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Blue, open, shell-like chair upholstered in fabric, resting on chrome legs with ottoman.

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