The Eames Lounge Chair Wood ( LCW ) (also known as Low Chair Wood or Eames Plywood Lounge Chair ) is low lounger chairs designed by the husband and wife team of Charles and Ray Eames.
The chair was designed using a technology for printing plywood developed by Eames before and during the Second World War. Prior to American involvement in the war, Charles Eames and his friend, architect Eero Saarinen, entered the furniture group into the "Organic Design in the Modern House Furniture Competition" Museum in 1940, a contest exploring the natural evolution of furniture in response to a rapidly changing world. Eames & amp; Saarinen won the competition. However, seat production was delayed due to production difficulties, and then by the entry of the United States into World War II. Saarinen left the project out of frustration with production.
Charles Eames and his wife Ray Kaiser Eames moved to Venice Beach, CA in 1941. Charles took a job as a painter set for MGM Studios to support them. Ray, who was officially trained as a painter and sculptor, continued experiments with plywood designs that were set up in a spare room in their apartment. In 1942, Charles left the MGM to begin making mold plywood that was formed for the United States Navy. Splint uses a compound curve to mimic the shape of a human foot. The experience of forming plywood into a compound curve contributes greatly to the development of LCW.
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Design development
Charles Eames & amp; Eero Saarinen submitted to the Organic Furniture competition is designed with seats and backrest united in a single 'shell'. Nevertheless, the plywood tends to crack when bent into the sharp curve that the furniture requests. Competition entries are covered with upholstery to hide these cracks.
Through extensive trial and error, Charles and Ray arrive at an alternative solution: create two separate sections for the seat and backrest, joining the spine plywood and supported by plywood legs. The result is a chair with a sleek and honest appearance. All connections are visible and material is not hidden under the coating. The chair joins the spine and legs with a series of four heavy rubber washers with nuts embedded in them (later called 'surprise mounts'). The shock stack is glued to the bottom of the seat, and screwed through the bottom of the seat. The backrest is also installed using a surprise mount. From the front and top of the seat and back are not disturbed by the fastener. The rubber mount is flexible, allowing the backrest to flex and move with the nanny. This unique technology is also one of the biggest disadvantages of seats. The shock stack is attached to the wooden back, but it may be torn for many reasons. The general response to this problem is to drill directly through the backrest and insert a fastener between the back and lumbar support. It greatly underestimates the chair, because it alters the original aesthetic of smooth and unbroken wooden shapes.
Although the plywood chair is a compromise of Eames' vision to make one shell seat, it is a successful design. Along with LCW, Eames created a family of plywood chairs, tables, and folding screens. Wooden Plywood Chairs (DCW) are built in the same way as LCW, but with narrower chairs, and longer legs to bring chairs to altitude. The Lounge Chair Metal (LCM) and Dining Chair Metal (DCM) are built from the same plywood chair and backrest as LCW & amp; DCW is mounted on a welded metal frame. The Plywood Group's success attracted the attention of George Nelson, design director Herman Miller. Nelson convinced D.J.DePree, owner of Herman Miller, to hire the Eames Office as a designer and bring the production of Eames plywood furniture.
Out of the age in which furniture is heavy and complex; made of various materials and then coated with upholstery, Eames design is a striking new way of looking at furniture and furniture design. This chair was produced from 1946 to 1947 by Evans Molded Plywood from Venice Beach, California for the Herman Miller furniture company in Zeeland, Michigan. In 1947 Herman Miller moved the production of chairs to Michigan and continued to produce them to this day (a short time when the seats were not produced). In Europe, Vitra became Eames furniture producer. Herman Miller and Vitra are the only two companies that produce seats licensed by Eames estate as represented by the Eames Office.
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Variant and collectibility
The chair continues to be a modern design icon. This is a worldwide retail and the prices for new units continue to increase. In the 1999 millennium edition, Time Magazine praised LCW as the greatest design of the 20th century. It is appreciated for its convenience as well as status symbols. Original production models are highly appreciated by collectors. Herman Miller has offered LCW in various wood veneers and upholsteries on top of the inner maple molded layer. The date below refers to the production of Herman Miller/North America. No information on Vitra/Europe production is available.
The value of seats for collectors depends on many variables. In general, seats that are in true original condition, with whole labels, are highly valued, especially those originating from the earliest production by Evans Co. Modifications to backs, fixes, damaging veneers, and excessive wear can reduce the value.
References
See also
- Eames Lounge Chair
External links
- Eames Formed Wooden Plywood Basement Chair - Herman Miller *
- Herman Miller product page for LCW
- Office Eames - antique
- Eames Formed Plywood Chairs Once Cost $ 25
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