Image source: Vitra — Aluminium Chair EA 124
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Aluminium Chair EA 124
Eames lounge chair with an extra-high backrest, head cushion and weight-adjusting tilt, 1958.
650 × 985 × 780 mm
1958
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Aluminium Chair EA 124 – Lounge by Charles and Ray Eames is, in Vitra's words, the quintessential lounge model in the Aluminium Group. It combines an extra-high backrest and head cushion with a tilt that follows the sitter's weight setting, and it can be paired with the stool EA 125.
Image source: Vitra — Aluminium Chair EA 124 · © Vitra and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research. · View official product page ↗ · Image use & copyright policy
Construction
The tab describes a high-backed chair with welded, ribbed upholstery in fabric or leather, a die-cast aluminium frame, armrests and four-star base in a polished, chrome-plated or powder-coated finish, and a backward tilt; the factbook adds a neck cushion and glides.
Specifications
650 mm wide, 780 mm deep, 985 mm high (not labelled on Vitra's drawing). Fabric covers: Hopsak, Cosy 2 and Track (eight colours each on the page); the two leathers (Leather; Leather Premium F), each with the Plano back panel. Base: chrome (01), polished aluminium (03), or textured powder-coat in deep black (12), dark bordeaux (60) or chalk (37).
Story
The lounge version
Within the group the EA 124 is the lounge chair. Vitra credits its extraordinary comfort to the extra-high backrest and head cushion working together with a tilt mechanism adapted to the sitter's weight, and pairs it with the EA 125 stool as a footrest.
Image source: Vitra — Aluminium Chair EA 124 · © Vitra and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research. · View official product page ↗ · Image use & copyright policy
For taller sitters
The factbook's lounge chapter, which treats the lounge versions of the Aluminium and Soft Pad Chairs together, says the high backrest gives optimum support even to users taller than average and that the backward tilt of the shell adds to the sense of relaxation.
More by Charles and Ray Eames
Occasional Table LTR
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.
