While this vintage Eames piece makes an ideal pick if you’re looking for an Eames desk chair or Eames Dining Chair, its masterful design allows it to succeed as a stand-alone accent chair in a living room as well. The seat and backrest were in turn held together with a T-shaped metal rod, which attached to the chair’s four, antennae-like legs. The DCM chair’s construction relied heavily on this technology to create an expertly contoured seat and backrest. After moving to L.A., Charles and Ray Eames began toying with homemade machine they enthusiastically deemed the “Kazam! Machine.” The machine pressed wood veneer against a heat source to sculpt the wood into toned, look-at-me curves. One of earliest Eames designs, the DCM chair offers up the seemingly impossible: a plywood chair with upholstered chair-worthy comfort. WHAT DOES THE NAME EAMES MEAN?: GETTING TO KNOW ICONIC EAMES FURNITURE Learn about our favorite vintage Eames furniture below! Equipped with the mantra “Design is an expression of the purpose,” vintage Eames furniture came into fruition in partnership with Herman Miller (Hence the reason you may sometimes see Eames Chairs also marketed as Herman Miller Eames chairs). After opening a studio, their work caught the eye of George Nelson, the design director for Herman Miller.
While Charles Eames excelled at technical design, Ray had a notorious eye for aesthetics.įollowing their marriage, the couple packed up and shipped out west to Los Angeles where they began experimenting with molding plywood. The design duo met in 1940 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Detroit and married the following year. So was the aim of Charles and Ray Eames, the husband and wife team for whom vintage Eames furniture is named.
Showcasing body-conscious forms, don’t-mess-with-me durability, and a parade of playful colors to choose from, vintage Eames furniture is the antithesis of lavish design-yet it still feels special, as if it were crafted exclusively for you. Dream of Eames? Let us be the first to assure you, it’s a nightly occurrence around here as well! And why shouldn’t it be? When it comes to defining Mid-Century Modern design, a vintage Eames chair is the holy grail.
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