Charles Eames
Charles Eames was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and studied at the Washington University architecture. In 1936 he received a grant from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan, where he later taught. His colleagues there included Harry Bertoia, Eero Saarinen and Ray Kaiser, whom he married in 1941. During the 2nd World War II he manufactures and his wife for the US Navy arm and leg splints and stretchers of plywood. For this project they developed a new method to deform of laminated plywood in three dimensions. In 1940 Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen won competitions organized by the „Museum of Modern Art“ competition „Organic Design in Home Furnishings“. In 1946 the „Museum of Modern Art,“ gave him the first solo show (New Furniture by Charles Eames). Charles and Ray Eames worked closely with the manufacturer Herman Miller, with whom they developed a very progressive, rational furniture design. Later they turned to the film, photography and exhibition design. Her clients included the US government and the IBM Corporation.
Lounge Chair The artist and Bauhaus designers Charles Eames designed the Lounge Chair in the 1950s. The chair is made of veneered with rosewood, curved plywood shells. The base frame rotatably on a aluminum foot cast with polished edges. The seat cushions and armrests are made of semi-aniline* leather. Dimensions: 80 cm x 60 cm x 80 cm (width x depth x height) from 1679.00 EUR