Lounge Chair
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
DESIGNERS
Charles Eames, American, 1907–1978; Ray Eames (Bernice Alexandra Kaiser), American, 1912–1988
MEDIUM
Plywood, steel
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
- Place designed: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Place manufactured: Zeeland, Michigan, United States
DATES
ca. 1946
DIMENSIONS
26 x 21 5/8 x 25 1/8 in. (66 x 54.9 x 63.8 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
no marks
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
84.275.4
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Barry Friedman
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Low side chair of stained black plywood and tubular steel frame. Back and seat are two separate pieces of rounded rectangular plywood molded to sitter's shape. Back rises above and is connected to the seat with tubular steel "spine" that is welded in place. Chair supported on four legs made of tubing bent into two inverted U-shapes: one for front legs and one (slightly shorter) for back legs. Round black rubber and chrome glides on each foot.
CONDITION: Fair; this chair shows signs of extensive use, including general scratches and chips to seat and back. A few splatters of white paint on the seat and along back seat edge. General corrosion of steel. The most serious chips and scratches include one square-shaped c. 1/4" nick at center back of seat at edge, two nicks at front of seat at edge, each about 1/2" x 1/4", and a series of deep scratches on back of chair back, roughly 2" from the crest rail.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Charles Eames (American, 1907–1978). Lounge Chair, ca. 1946. Plywood, steel, 26 x 21 5/8 x 25 1/8 in. (66 x 54.9 x 63.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Barry Friedman, 84.275.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.275.4.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 84.275.4.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
"CUR" at the beginning of an image file name means that the image was created by a curatorial staff member. These study images may be digital point-and-shoot photographs, when we don\'t yet have high-quality studio photography, or they may be scans of older negatives, slides, or photographic prints, providing historical documentation of the object.
RIGHTS STATEMENT
Creative Commons-BY
You may download and use Brooklyn Museum images of this three-dimensional work in accordance with a Creative Commons license. Fair use, as understood under the United States Copyright Act, may also apply.
Please include caption information from this page and credit the Brooklyn Museum. If you need a high resolution file, please fill out our online application form (charges apply).
For further information about copyright, we recommend resources at the United States Library of Congress, Cornell University, Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums, and Copyright Watch.
For more information about the Museum's rights project, including how rights types are assigned, please see our blog posts on copyright.
If you have any information regarding this work and rights to it, please contact copyright@brooklynmuseum.org.
RECORD COMPLETENESS
Not every record you will find here is complete. More information is available for some works than for others, and some entries have been updated more recently. Records are frequently reviewed and revised, and we welcome any additional information you might have.
