Charles & Ray Eames

The chairs in the Aluminium Group are the most famous creations by Charles and Ray Eames.

The chairs in the Aluminium Group are the most famous creations by Charles and Ray Eames.

The Soft Pad Chair was designed in 1969.

The Soft Pad Chair was designed in 1969.

Charles Eames' declared aim for this chair was to combine the utmost comfort with high-end materials and high-quality finishing.

Lobby Chair's structural principle makes it similar in terms of comfort to Lounge Chair.

In the plans for their chairs the Eames frequently came up with a number of variations by combining a seat shell with different base frames Plywood Group, for example, was available from the outset with a chromed tubular steel base, making the design appear lighter and creating a certain tension in the contrast of two materials.

In the plans for their chairs the Eames frequently came up with a number of variations by combining a seat shell with different base frames Plywood Group, for example, was available from the outset with a chromed tubular steel base, making the design appear lighter and creating a certain tension in the contrast of two materials.

Charles and Ray Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing the way three-dimensionally moulded plywood fits the contours of the body.

Charles and Ray Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing the way three-dimensionally moulded plywood fits the contours of the body.

Plastic Armchairs were first presented as part of the famed New York Museum of Modern Art competition, "Low Cost Furniture Design".

With seat upholstery £615.00 With full upholstery £853.00   Eames DAL (Dining Height Armchair La Fonda Base) is a contemporary version of the legendaly Fiberglass Chair.

With seat pad £385 With full upholstery £622 Eames DAR (Dining Height Armchair R-Wire Base) is a contemporary version of the legendary Fiberglass Chair.

With seat pad £488 Wigh full upholstery £726 Eames DAW (Dining Height Armchair Wooden Base) is a contemporary version of the legendawy Fiberglass Chair.

With seat pad £357 Wigh full upholstery £595 Eames DAX (Dining Height Armchair X-Base) is a contemporary version of the legendary Fiberglass Chair.

With seat pad £309.

With seat pad £413.

Eames DSS (Dining Height X-Base) is a contemporary version of the legendsry Fiberglass Chair.

Eames DSS (Dining Height Side Stacking) is a contemporary version of the legendsry Fiberglass Chair.

The Eames often varied their chair designs by combining one seat shell with different bases.

Charles and Ray Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing the way three-dimensionally moulded plywood fits the contours of the body.

With seat pad in hopsack £631, in leather £770 with seat & back pads, hopsack £811, leather £1119 The Eames Wire Chair is a variation on the organically shaped one-piece seat shell, boasting a light transparency and high technicality.

With seat pad hopsack £577, leather £716 With seat & back pads hopsack £757, leather £1065 The Eames Wire Chair is a variation on the organically shaped one-piece seat shell, boasting a light transparency and high technicality.

The chairs in the Aluminium Group are the most famous creations by Charles and Ray Eames.

Polished base, Fabric: hopsack £930 Leather: £1221 Chrome base, Fabric: hopsack £983 Leather: £1274 The chairs in the Aluminium Group are the most famous creations by Charles and Ray Eames.

Polished base, leather: £1394 Chrome base.

In 1960 the Eames office was commissioned by Time Inc.

The idea for this design came from a long-standing friend of Charles und Ray Eames, film director Billy Wilder, who was looking for a recliner for relaxing in and taking short rests.

Charles and Ray Eames designed La Chaise in 1948 for a competition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, inspired by "Floating Figure", a sculpture by Gaston Lachaise.

The Eames Contract Tables were designed together with the Aluminium Group chairs and feature the latter's cruciform base.

The Eames Collection - Aluminium Chair, Soft Pad Chair and Lobby Chair - also has matching tables.

After various experiments to create a round coffee table, in 1946 Charles and Ray Eames came up with their "round coffee table with metal legs", a simple occasional table with a round plywood tabletop slightly raised at the edges and four slim tubular steel legs.

This low coffee table with its elegant elliptical shape ressembles a surfboard and was quickly given the nickname "surfboard table".

In 1961 Alexander Girard was commissioned to outfit the La Fonda del Sol restaurant at New York's Rockefeller Center.

Charles and Ray Eames designed the LTR as a small, variable side table and even had several different versions of them in the Eames House.

The quality of furnishings does not only manifest itself in large objects.

The quality of furnishings does not only manifest itself in large objects.

Charles and Ray Eames augmented the interior "collage" of the Eames House with numerous objects brought back from their extensive travels.

The screen is at once a practical room-divider and an impressive sculptural object.

Used instead of simple hooks, these brightly-coloured wooden spheres were aimed at encouraging children to hang up "all their things".

In 1949, Charles and Ray Eames developed a new system of free-standing multifunctional shelves which - similar to the Eames House that dates from the same time - were constructed strictly in keeping with the principles of industrial mass production: the Eames Storage Units (ESU). ESU Bookcase £1803 ESU Shelf £901

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The Aluminium Chair is one of the greatest furniture designs of the 20th century.

The Lobby Chair's structural principle makes it similar in terms of comfort to the Lounge Chair.

Since the 1950s, Plastic Armchair's organically shaped seat shell has been combined with different bases and produced in its millions.

Since the 1950s the organically shaped seat shell of the Plastic Side Chair has been combined with various bases and produced in the millions.

In 1949, Charles and Ray Eames developed a new system of free-standing multifunctional shelves and writing desks which - similar to the Eames House that dates from the same time - were constructed strictly in keeping with the principles of industrial mass production: the Eames Storage Units (ESU) and Eames Desk Units (EDU).

The Eames Plastic Side Chair and Plastic Armchair were put on the market as the first industrially manufactured plastic chairs in history.

The Aluminium Chair is one of the greatest furniture designs of the 20th century.

The Soft Pad Chair was designed in 1969.