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Wire Chair LKR
Eames Wire Chair LKR: lounge-height welded steel wire shell on a rod base, 1951.
490 × 660 × 550 mm
1951
Official product information
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Description
Overview
LKR is short for Lounge Height K-Wire Shell Rod Base: the compact, low-seated member of the Eames Wire Chair line. Vitra's page says Charles and Ray Eames kept several versions of this small chair at the Eames House in Pacific Palisades, among them the LSR with a plastic shell. Dated 1951.
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Construction
A welded and bent steel wire forms the shell, finished in chrome or powder coat. Below it the wire base with cross struts has the same finish as the shell. Bare, the chair can also be placed outdoors, according to Vitra; with a seat cushion or the two-piece pad it is upholstered.
Specifications
490 mm wide, 550 mm deep, 660 mm high. The page's material text gives a seat height of 260 mm. Frames come in chrome (01) or, in smooth powder coat, white (04), citron (92), sky blue (93), Eames Sea Foam Green (31), dark green (24) or basic dark (30).
Story
A wire shell for a small lounge chair
Vitra presents the Wire Chair, welded from steel wire, as one more take on the organically shaped one-piece shell, with transparency and technical refinement, and lets the shell be matched with several bases and with a cushion or a pad in two pieces.
At home with the Eameses
The page attaches the LKR to the Eames House, saying the couple used several variants of this small chair there. Vitra gives 1951 as the date of the design.
Pads
The LKR takes the optional seat cushion or the pad in two parts for seat and back, in fabric or leather, and the removable outdoor version is listed beside them.
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.
