Image source: Vitra — Aluminium Chair EA 105/107/108
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Aluminium Chair EA 105/107/108
Eames meeting-room chairs with a sling seat, fixed or swivel, with or without armrests, 1958.
580 × 830 × 590 mm
1958
Official product information
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Description
Overview
Vitra calls the Aluminium Chairs EA 105-108 by Charles and Ray Eames the quintessential solution for meeting venues. Their sling seat is a panel of leather, fabric or mesh stretched between two aluminium ribs. The EA 105 has no armrests, the EA 107 has armrests, and both stand on a fixed base; the EA 108 has armrests and a swivel mechanism.
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Construction
The page lists a medium-high backrest, a seat in mesh fabric or in welded, ribbed upholstery of fabric or leather, and cast aluminium parts: profiles, spreaders, base and armrests, polished, chromed or powder-coated.
Specifications
The EA 108 shown by default is 580 mm wide, 590 mm deep and 830 mm high, and the EA 107 drawing has the same figures. The EA 105, which has no armrests, is drawn with a 525 mm front view at the same depth and height.
Story
Meeting rooms
Vitra and the factbook both describe the Aluminium Chairs as the quintessential solution for meeting venues, in offices, conference spaces and meeting rooms around the globe, and the factbook adds that Charles and Ray Eames did not set out with this explicit goal.
A sling seat
The seat is a panel of leather, fabric or mesh stretched between two aluminium ribs; Vitra credits this, with the generous proportions, for the chairs' comfort.
More by Charles and Ray Eames
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Eames low occasional table of 1950 with a steel-wire rod base and wood, HPL, linoleum or marble top.
Soft Pad Chair EA 223
Eames stool for the EA 222 lounge chair, with a sewn-on cushion and an aluminium base, 1969.
Plywood Group DCW
Eames' Dining Chair Wood: made entirely of moulded plywood, 1945/1946.
Eames Chaise
The 1968 Eames Chaise, an 18-inch-wide leather chaise on a die-cast aluminum frame.
Collection
Aluminium Group
Vitra's Eames Aluminium Group (1958): chairs with a fabric or leather membrane between aluminium side members, from EA 101 dining to EA 124 lounge and EA 131.
