Image source: Vitra — Lobby Chair ES 108
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Lobby Chair ES 108
Eames conference chair with leather-covered cushions in aluminium side frames, 1960.
690 × 865 × 700 mm
1960
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The ES 108 is the conference chair of the Lobby Chair group. Vitra's page, dated 1960 and credited to Charles and Ray Eames, says that it shares with all the models of the group cushions covered in leather and noted for excellent comfort. Its covers are available in different leathers and a broad choice of colours.
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Construction
The chair has side frames in chrome-plated die-cast aluminium and, below, a four-star base in the same material and finish. Its seat swivels at a fixed height. The cushion elements are V-Foam, a recyclable polyurethane, with leather covers, and the armrests are upholstered in leather.
Specifications
690 mm wide, 700 mm deep and 865 mm high. Leather has 16 colours and Leather Premium F 22. Side members and base: 01 chrome.
Story
A chair for the meeting room
The factbook describes the ES 108 as a conference chair, and Vitra's page credits it to Charles and Ray Eames, 1960. Seat height does not change, but the seat turns.
Glides and covers
In the configurator the base is shown on glides, one of two Base on options, in place of castors. Vitra offers 38 cover materials for the chair, 16 plain leathers and 22 in Leather Premium F.
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
Lobby Chair
Vitra Lobby Chair by Charles and Ray Eames (1960): three cushions between aluminium side frames, as ES 104 swivel, ES 108 conference and ES 105 lounge.
