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Charles & Ray Eames
(United States, 1907-1978 and 1912-1988)
Estimate
10 000 - 15 000 SEK
919 - 1 380 EUR
940 - 1 410 USD
Hammer price
8 000 SEK
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Charles & Ray Eames
(United States, 1907-1978 and 1912-1988)
a "DCW", chair, Evans Products Co USA, 1940's
Laminated oak, rubber mounts, height 73 cm.
Wear. Later screws and shock mounts.
More information
The construction of the Eames DCW Chair was a question how to make a single piece shell chair that fitted the natural contours of the body and would be suitable for mass production. A collaboration with Eero Saarinen, Charles won the Museum of Modern Art Organic Furniture competition in 1941. In 1945, the Time Magazine referred to the piece as the chair of the century.
5-2-5 screw configuration. Evans production ca 1946.