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No. 670 (chair), No. 671 (ottoman)

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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

    Executor

    Don Albinson

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Lounge chair composed of three molded plywood shells, covered on their upper sides with leather-upholstered cushioning. The armrests are also padded with foam and covered in leather. The chair and ottoman rest on cast aluminum swivel bases with polished and matte black surfaces; the aluminum back braces are finished in the same way.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Robert Blaich

    Date

    1956

    Accession Number

    1977-1-2-a,b

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    furniture
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    Chair and ottoman

    Type

    Chair and ottoman

    Medium

    Rosewood, leather, metal, upholstered cushions (filled with down, duck feathers, foam)

    Dimensions

    H x W x D (a): 82 x 83.4 x 82 cm (32 5/16 x 32 13/16 x 32 5/16 in.)
    H x W x D (b): 41.3 x 66.5 x 53.5 cm (16 1/4 x 26 3/16 x 21 1/16 in.)

    made 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/kq43e554ca1-c97e-4ae7-b24d-35a7a5e11c03

    Record ID

    chndm_1977-1-2-a_b

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