Charles & Ray Eames for Vitra

CHARLES EAMES (USA, 1907 - 1978) AND RAY EAMES (USA, 1912 - 1988) for VITRA.
Lounge chair with ottoman with molded seat and backrest in santos rosewood veneer and plywood, upholstered in Kvadrat Phlox 01, dark green (983). Special Edition X-Mas 2023/24. (new from Vitra), five-star armchair swivel base in dark green lacquered polished aluminum, ottoman with four-star base. New dimensions. Designed in 1956. Produced by Vitra, with labels.
New and unused. Comes in original box.
Measurements: 89 x 84 x 86 cm. Seat height: 38 cm. Ottoman: 41 x 63 x 55 cm.

This highly covetable special edition of the iconic Eames lounge chair has been designed in collaboration with Raf Simons, whose Phlox corduroy fabric represents the latest evolution of upholstery design from Kvadrat. When first designing their now-instantly recognisable lounge chair in the mid-1950s Ray and Charles Eames experimented with a number of fabric types and styles. This edition of the chair harks back to those experiments, and is a celebration of the spirit of creative curiousity that defined that period for the pair.
Charles and Ray Eames created The Lounge Chair in the 1950s with the vision of uniting aesthetic elegance with unparalleled comfort. An artistic married couple, Charles and Ray Eames worked in the fields of industrial and graphic design, fine art and film, and are responsible for numerous designs that have become classics of the 20th century. Charles Eames studied architecture for two years at the University of Washington, and then began his career working in a studio on residential housing projects. In 1938 he moved to Cranbrook, Michigan, to continue studying architecture and design at the city's Academy of Art. There he would end up teaching, heading the industrial design department. Together with Eero Saarinen, son of his teacher Eliel Saarinen, he designed the trophy for the Organic Design Award, given by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1941, after divorcing his first wife, he married fellow Cranbrook artist Ray Kaiser. Together they settled in Los Angeles, where they would remain for the rest of their lives. In the late 1940s, Ray and Charles designed their home together, known as the "Eames House," now considered a masterpiece of modern architecture. In the 1950s the couple continued to work in architecture and furniture design, pioneering the use of new techniques and materials such as fiberglass and plastic resin in the manufacture of chairs. They are currently represented in the Design Museum in London and the MoMA in New York, among many others.