Image source: Vitra — Wire Chair DKR
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Wire Chair DKR
The Eames welded steel wire shell on the 'Eiffel Tower' rod base, dining height
490 × 850 × 510 mm
1951
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Wire Chair DKR (Dining Height K-Wire Shell Rod Base) is listed by Vitra as a 1951 design by Charles and Ray Eames, on the four-legged rod base.
Construction
- Seat shell in bent and welded steel wire, chrome-plated or powder-coated
- Four-legged base with cross struts, finish matched to the shell
- Glides: plastic for carpet, optional felt for hard floors
Specifications
- W 490 x D 510 x H 850 mm, seat height 430 mm, seat depth 430 mm
- Finishes: 01 chrome and six powder-coated colours
Story
A wire shell on a rod base
Vitra describes the DKR as the Wire Chair shell mounted on the base it calls the Eiffel Tower base, and says the combination joins transparency and functionality. The shell takes its outline from the Eames Plastic Side Chair.
Bare, padded or outdoors
On the page the chair can stay bare, gain a cushion on the seat, or take the two-part pad. The powder-coated version is the one the page says is suited to garden and terrace.
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
Wire Chair
The Wire Chair collection by Charles and Ray Eames (1951) for Vitra: a welded steel wire shell on rod, cross-strut or wood bases, with optional Bikini pad.
