Lot 73
  • 73

Charles and Ray Eames

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 HKD
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Description

  • Charles and Ray Eames
  • Black LAR and Ottoman
  • fiberglass, zinc-plated steel, black naugahyde upholstery
Designed in 1953.
Manufactured by Herman Miller, with a paper label to the underside of the armchair; shell moulded by Zenith Plastics, Co.

Exhibited

Tokyo, Metropolitan Art Museum; Osaka, Suntory Museum, Eames Design, 2001-2002, no. 128, p. 269, illustrated

Literature

John Neuhart, Marilyn Neuhart and Ray Eames, Eames Design: The Work of the office of Charles and Ray Eames, Abrams, New York, 1989, p. 140, illustrated

Condition

There are some tears at 3 corners of the stool. Major tear and loss to the fabric mesh underneath the stool. Minor wear to the artificial leather of both the chair and the stool. Signs of oxidation throughout the metal rods.
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