Image source: Vitra — Wire Stool High
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Wire Stool High
Eames Wire Stool High: welded steel wire shell on a footrest base for standing-height tables.
555 × 1200 × 530 mm
1951
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Wire Stool High is the tall stool on the Eames wire shell: the same bent steel wire seat, here set on a four-legged base with a footrest. Vitra offers two heights of this base; high is for standing-height tables, whereas the medium one fits ordinary kitchen counters. The finish is chrome or black powder coat, and Vitra dates the design 1951.
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Construction
The shell is steel wire, bent and welded, chrome-plated or powder-coated. Below sits a tubular steel base with the same two finish options, and it cannot be stacked. On the powder-coated base the footrest may show wear from its anti-slip coating. The stool is offered bare, with a seat cushion or with the two-piece pad.
Specifications
Base 555 mm wide by 530 mm deep, overall height 1200 mm; the shell is 480 mm wide and 450 mm deep. Front edge of the seat: 820 mm, no cushion. Finishes: 01 chrome, 30 basic dark (smooth powder coat).
Story
A taller seat for the wire shell
In the stools the Eames wire shell is carried by a four-legged base with a footrest. Vitra places the Wire Stool High in the Wire Chair family and dates it to 1951.
What the page lists
Upholstery appears as three states: bare, with a seat cushion, or with a classic pad for seat and back, and Bikini Outdoor is mentioned too. The classic pad can be fabric or leather. The Checker pattern in 01 black/white is listed, and so are leather and Plano pairs.
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.
