No. 670 (chair), No. 671 (ottoman)
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
- 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
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1977-1-2-a_b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq43e554ca1-c97e-4ae7-b24d-35a7a5e11c03
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