Object Details
- Designer
- Charles Eames, American, 1907–1978
- Ray Kaiser Eames, American, 1912–1988
- Manufacturer
- Herman Miller Furniture Company, Zeeland, Michigan, USA
- Description
- The back and seat are molded to adapt to the human body for comfort. The back and the seat are covered in pony hide; they are joined by a frame of tubular steel. The placement of rubber mounts between the frame and the back and seat ensures added comfort.
- Credit Line
- Gift of the David Teiger Trust
- ca. 1950
- Accession Number
- 2016-36-2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- furniture
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Chair
- Type
- Chair
- Medium
- Chrome-plated steel, slunk-skin pony hide, plywood, rubber, metal screws.
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 67.3 × 55.2 × 50.5 cm (26 1/2 × 21 3/4 × 19 7/8 in.)
- manufactured in
- Zeeland, Michigan, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_2016-36-2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq424c909bf-be97-48ac-804b-10d21b433743
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