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What does RAR stand for in Vitra?
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In Vitra's collection of home furnishings, RAR means the rocking armchair rod base. It refers to wooden rocker arms with angled metal rod legs. Vitra adds them to a number of plastic chairs originally designed by Charles and Ray Eames to create rocking chairs. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Eames furniture.
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RAR Rocking Chair by Charles & Ray Eames, 1950s
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Uccle, BE
This emblematic rocking chair designed by Charles & Ray Eames in the fifties is well known for its powerful form and its indisputable comfort. The RAR (Rocking Armchair Rod Base), ma...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller RAR Fiberglass Shell Rocking Chair
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A vintage Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller RAR chair. This is a lovely and classic example of the ever-iconic RAR chair by Eames. The RAR, Rocking Arm chair on Rod base, is on...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Eames RAR Rocking Armchair for Herman Miller
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very nice iconic Mid Century designed molded fiberglass rocking arm shell chair in a parchment color . The satin black base is constructed in metal rods with birch wood runners giv...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Metal
RAR Rocking Chair by Eames for Vitra, Fiberglass & Wood, 1980s
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Berlin, DE
RAR Ray & Charles Eames Rocking Chair for Vitra
Category
Vintage 1980s German Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Metal
Eames Molded Armchair with Maple Rocker Base made 2009 by Vitra
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Molded plastic arm chair by Ray Eames and produced by Vitra of Switzerland in 2009 according to label. Made from white molded plastic mounted on chrome legs and a rocker base of mapl...
Category
Early 2000s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Steel
Eames Lemon Yellow Zenith Rope-Edge, RAR Rocker by Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Highland, IN
The first fiberglass Eames chairs were produced by Zenith Plastics. The early Zenith shells are distinctive for their high fiber content and larger, more substantial rubber shock mou...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Steel
