Image source: Vitra — Soft Pad Chaise ES 106
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Soft Pad Chaise ES 106
Eames chaise developed for Billy Wilder, with six zippered cushions on an aluminium frame, 1968.
450 × 730 × 1920 mm
1968
Official product information
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Description
Overview
Film director Billy Wilder was a long-time friend of the Eameses and wished for a recliner on which he could sleep briefly in the breaks of a film shoot. Vitra says the ES 106 grew out of that wish. Soft cushions and leather upholstery make it a place to stretch out.
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Construction
The chaise is padded leather upholstery with six fixed cushions and two loose ones, carried by a die-cast aluminium base with a smooth powder coat. Zippers connect the six cushions to each other, and the cushions are attached to the aluminium frame.
Specifications
450 mm wide, 1920 mm long, 730 mm high. Leather comes in 16 colours or, as Leather Premium F, in 22; the base is finish 40, chocolate. Vitra describes the chaise as intended for residential use only.
Story
An idea from Hollywood
According to the factsheet and the Soft Pad family text, the Soft Pad Chaise came from Billy Wilder's search for a recliner for short naps or for resting between takes. The page dates the design 1968.
Cushions and frame
Six cushions joined by zippers are fixed to the aluminium frame, and two loose cushions add comfort. The group is one Vitra has made for decades in the same quality.
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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 Soft Pad Group
Vitra's Eames Soft Pad Group (1969) by Charles and Ray Eames: aluminium-frame chairs with sewn-on cushions for conference, work, lounge and home office.
