Eames Wire Chairs
The Eames welded-wire shell chair, produced from 1951 to 1967 and reintroduced in 2001.
483 × 794 mm
Source: technical drawing image — Wire base, wire shell (DKR) — published as W 19 × H 31.25 in
1951
Description
Overview
The Eames Wire Chair is a welded-wire side chair by Charles and Ray Eames, made by Herman Miller. It was produced from 1951 to 1967 and reintroduced in 2001.
Construction
A bent and welded wire shell on a wire, 4-leg or dowel base, left bare or fitted with an optional one-piece seat pad or a crisscross two-piece "bikini" pad.
Specifications
Wire base, wire shell, price-book drawing: 19 in and 31¼ in, neither labelled on the drawing; no depth is shown.
Story
From wire trays and baskets
Herman Miller's page says the Eames Office began experimenting with bent and welded wire in the 1950s, inspired by trays, dress forms and baskets. The wire version of the single-shell form was among the pieces that grew from this work.
Produced and reintroduced
The product sheet says the chair was originally produced from 1951 to 1967 and reintroduced in 2001, and that the shell chair form was introduced in 1951.
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