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Eames Molded Wood Chairs
Three-dimensional veneer completes the Eameses' one-piece molded wood shell.
2013
Approx. $1,300 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Eames Molded Wood Chair uses three-dimensional veneer technology to form a single contoured wood shell. Herman Miller introduced the achieved wood version in 2013 with the Eames Office.
Construction
The shell pairs with four-leg, dowel, wire, or task bases. An attached seat pad is optional, and the line also includes counter- and bar-height stools.
Applications
Herman Miller presents the side chair as guest seating for private offices, collaborative spaces and cafés, and offers bar- or counter-height stool bases.
Story
Completing a long investigation
Charles and Ray Eames pursued molded wood as part of their continuing shell-chair experiments. Herman Miller says that veneer technology finally caught up with the intended one-piece form in 2013.
Within the Eames Collection
The wood chair joins the plastic, fiberglass, and wire shell designs in the existing Eames Collection, while retaining its own material process and base choices.
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
Eames Collection
The Eames Collection at Herman Miller: molded plywood chairs (1946), molded plastic chairs, Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, storage units and Hang-It-All.
