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( 1 ) Eames Plastic Armchair RE DAL · 92 citron RE · Charles & Ray Eames, 1950 ( 2 ) Plate Dining Table · 50 marble Carrara · Jasper Morrison, 2018
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Charles and Ray Eames spent many years exploring the idea of a one-piece,
three-dimensionally shaped seat shell. With the Shell Chairs from 1950, the first
mass-produced plastic chairs in the history of furniture, the designer couple not
only achieved this goal but also launched a new and now widely established
typology of chairs whose shells can be combined with different bases depending
on the intended use. The Eames Shell Chairs quickly grew into a diverse family,
consisting of armchair, side chair and wire chair variants, each of which could be
combined with a variety of bases and upholstery versions – some even suited to
outdoor use. Vitra has been producing the Eames Shell Chairs for Europe and
the Middle East in close cooperation with the Eames Office since the 1950s. Vitra
has now extended the palette of the Eames portfolio to include four fresh colour
combinations for the Eames Plastic Chair DSR, which look good not only in the
dining room but also in the garden.
Eames Shell Chairs, Charles & Ray Eames, 1950
Charles and Ray Eames sitting in a grouping of
prototype chairs for the Museum of Modern Art’s
‘International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture
Design’, New York, 1948. © 2023 Eames Office, LLC
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