eames chair | Mid Century Modern
Have you always wanted a Herman Miller Eames Molded Plastic Chair (not a fiberglass kind), but thought that the color choices were too limited? Compared to the vintage fiberglass ones (or Modernica Case Study Fiberglass Shell Chairs), there were only five color choices – black, white, light blue, lime yellow, red orange. Well, great news [...]
My First Eames Fiberglass Chair
Now that I learned how to restore the Eames fiberglass shell chairs, I decided to tackle another project. I was going to restore one of the two orange arm shells I purchased online a few years ago. I have been using one with a rocker base and the other with an [...]
One Saturday morning on the way to go a garage sale, I spotted three padded Eames armshell chairs in a lot filled with junk. They were the kind attached together to the spider bases with a little side table. By word of mouth, I found out that the lot belonged to my coworker. He gave [...]
Eames Hang-It-All
A husband and wife team, Charles (1907 – 1978) and Ray (1912 – 1988) Eames are among the most influential designers of American design history. Together, they contributed in furniture design, architecture, film, art, exhibits, and graphic design.
Charles Eames studied architecture at Washington University for two years. Many sources claim that he was dismissed [...]
