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What are Charles and Ray Eames best known for?
Charles and Ray Eames have been recognized as the 20th century’s most influential designers and are best known for their highly recognizable chairs. The Eames lounge chair and ottoman are an iconic duo in modern-styled furniture, and s​ome of the first Eames items to emerge from Herman Miller are now classics: the LCW, or Lounge Chair Wood, and the DCM, or Dining Chair Metal, supported by tubular steel. Find vintage Charles and Ray Eames furniture on 1stDibs.
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Eames Time Life "Lobby" Chair - Caramel Leather - 1st Generation Model 675
By Herman Miller, Ray Eames, Charles and Ray Eames, Charles Eames
Located in Decatur, GA
Time Life Lobby Chair by Ray and Charles Eames for Herman Miller, circa 1960. Rare 1st Gen fully restored in brand new Edelman All Grain "Butter" leather. Swivels with a fixed pitch/...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Aluminum

Charles & Ray Eames EA208 Soft Pad Chairs Chrome and Cognac leather, Vitra
By Charles Eames, Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Soft Pad chair EA208 belonging to the iconic Aluminium Series designed by Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller (US) / Vitra (EU). Exceptional comfort is guaranteed with the cushions...
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Early 2000s German Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Aluminum, Chrome

Walnut Dining Chair Wood DCW by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller 1950s
By Charles Eames, Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Brussels, Brussels
An early and highly desirable DCW (Dining Chair Wood) by Charles & Ray Eames, manufactured by Herman Miller in the United States between 1950 and 1953. Recognized as one of the defi...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Walnut, Plywood

Time Life Walnut Stool by Charles and Ray Eames for Vitra
By Charles Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Dronten, NL
A fine lathe-turned wood stool model C designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Vitra. Perfect condition, marked with label. Charles and Ray Eames, a dynamic husband-and-wife duo, revo...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Stools

Materials

Walnut

'Soft Pad' Swivel / Desk Chair by Charles Eames for Herman Miller, 1980s, Signed
By Charles Eames, Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A classic of modernist comfort, this brown leather swivel desk chair by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller is part of the iconic Soft Pad series, originally introduced in 1969. ...
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Early LCW Lounge Chair, Charles & Ray Eames, Herman Miller Evans Products 1940s
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller, Evans Products Company, Charles Eames
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Early LCW (Lounge Chair Wood) designed by Charles and Ray Eames and manufactured by Evans Products Company for Herman Miller, United States, circa 1947–1949. An authentic early-prod...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Plywood, Birch

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