Eames Soft Pad Chairs
The 1969 Eames Soft Pad Group: Aluminum Group chairs with plush individually upholstered cushions.
584 × 1143 mm
Source: technical drawing image — Executive chair with pneumatic lift, maximum height of the adjustment range — published as W 23 × H 45 in
1969
USD 5,515, Soft Pad Executive Chair, Stow Leather in Raven, polished aluminum, pneumatic lift, hard floor or carpet casters, store.hermanmiller.com, 2026-10-14
Description
Overview
The Eames Soft Pad Chairs are the cushioned version of the Eames Aluminum Group, added by Charles and Ray Eames in 1969 and offered as an executive, a management, a side and a lounge chair with a matching ottoman.
Construction
Individually upholstered foam cushions two inches thick, added to the Aluminum Group design, with an adjustable 5-star base on the executive and management chairs and base and frame finishes in white, polished aluminum, graphite satin or black.
Specifications
The executive chair is 23 in wide and up to 45 in high with pneumatic height adjustment.
Story
From outdoor seating to Soft Pad
Herman Miller's design-story page says the Aluminum Group began in 1958 as outdoor seating requested by Eero Saarinen and Alexander Girard for the Columbus, Indiana, home of J. Irwin Miller, and that in 1969 the Eameses added plush, individually upholstered cushions and named the new chairs the Soft Pad chairs.
A group of five
The product sheets cover an executive chair, a management chair, a side chair, a lounge chair and an ottoman.
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