"DCM" Side Chair
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Charles Eames American, 1907–1978; Ray Eames (Bernice Alexandra Kaiser) American, 1912–1988. "DCM" Side Chair, 1946–1949. Plywood, metal, rubber, 29 5/8 x 19 3/8 x 20 3/4 in. (75.2 x 49.2 x 52.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Olive Emslie, 1990.191. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1990.191.jpg)
Manufacturer
Distributor
Title
"DCM" Side Chair
Date
1946–1949
Geography
Place manufactured: Venice, California, United States
Medium
Plywood, metal, rubber
Classification
Dimensions
29 5/8 x 19 3/8 x 20 3/4 in. (75.2 x 49.2 x 52.7 cm)
Markings
Affixed to underside of seat at front, rectangular gray sticker printed: within a red circle "[in black] EVANS / EVANS" intersecting in cross and sharing the letter A; below "[in red script] Manufactured by / [in black print] EVANS PRODUCTS COMPANY / MOLDED PLYWOOD DIVISION"; in lower left corner "[in black print] herman Miller [M is large, stylized letter in red and overlaps lines above it] / furniture company / SOLE DISTRIBUTOR"; in lower right corner "[black script] Designed by / [in red print] CHARLES EAMES"
Credit Line
Gift of Olive Emslie
Accession Number
1990.191
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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This chair was designed by Charles and Ray Eames, a husband and wife design duo who had a profound impact on 20th-century furniture design.This is the "DCM" Side Chair designed in the late 1940s.
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