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Eames Desk Chair Ea117

Eames Desk Chair EA 117 by Herman Miller, 1990s - 3 Available
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Brussels, BE
Eames Desk Chair EA 117 by Herman Miller, 1990s - 3 available.
Category

Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Metal

Vitra Black Leather Alu EA 117 Aluminium Office Chair by Charles & Ray Eames
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Basildon, London
A timeless design icon, the Vitra Black Leather Alu EA 117 Aluminium Office Chair by Charles and
Category

Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Charles and Ray Eames Ea117 Office Chair, Cast Aluminum, Synthetic Leather, 1958
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in New York, NY
Original Condition.
Category

Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Metal

Charles & Ray Eames EA119 Black Leather Executive Desk Chair by Herman Miller
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller, Charles Eames
Located in Dronten, NL
Executive office chair, model EA119, in the USA known as EA337, designed by Charles and Ray Eames
Category

Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

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Charles & Ray Eames EA119 Executive Office Chair by Vitra
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in WIJCKEL, NL
What started as an idea for a solid piece of leisure furniture has grown into one of the most popular office furniture since its design in 1958. The EA 119 is part of the famous Alum...
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Vintage EA 117 Office Chair by Charles Eames for Vitra in Leather
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in The Hague, NL
An elegant office classic, the EA 117 design my Charles Eames for Vitra represents American
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Charles & Ray Eames for Vitra Black Leather Alu EA 117 Aluminium Office Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in Basildon, London
Originally designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1958, the EA 117 chair has since become a design
Category

Vintage 1950s German Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

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Charles Ray Eames EA 117 Office Chair Armchair in Green and Chrome Vitra
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Iconic office chair EA117 belonging to the famous Aluminum Series designed by Charles & Ray Eames
Category

Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Swiss black leather office chairs EA 117 by Charles & Ray Eames for Vitra, 2000s
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in MIlano, IT
Swiss black leather office chairs EA 117 by Charles & Ray Eames for Vitra, 2000s Set of three
Category

Early 2000s Swiss Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Metal

Italian Modern Office Chair Ea-117 Aluminum Group by Charles Ray Eames ICF, 1970
By ICF Group, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Office chairs mod. Ea-117 Aluminum Group by Charles and Ray Eames for ICF, 1970s
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Charles & Ray Eames EA117 Executive Office Chair by Vitra
By Vitra, Charles Eames, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Dronten, NL
Executive office chair, model EA117, designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Vitra / Herman Miller
Category

Early 2000s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

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Set of 4 Charles & Ray Eames Aluminium Office Chairs, Vitra 'EA117'
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Berlin, Berlin
perfect work chair, the Aluminium Chair EA 117 from Vitra is equipped with a tilting mechanism that can be
Category

2010s German Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

1 of 2 Original EA117 Charles & Ray Eames ICF Vitra Office Swivel Armchairs
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale 1 of 2 original vintage ICF Eames EA117 office swivel armchairs
Category

20th Century Italian Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Chrome

1958, Ray and Charles Eames Purple Adjustable Tilt Office Chair with Five Wheels
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
EA by Eames for Vitra, Germany, in purple Hopsak. The chair has an adjustable height, can turn and
Category

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Charles And Ray Eames ; Set Of 6 Leather Chairs
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Charles Eames for Herman Miller , set of six tan leather EA117 chairs , swivel and tilt with tilt
Category

Vintage 1970s American Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

1958 Ray and Charles Eames, White Vinyl Adjust, Tilt, Office Chair Four Wheels
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
some traces of wear on the base. The chair has four legs and can be tilted. EA117 mentioned in Europe
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Vintage EA 117 Office Chair by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller, 1958
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Uppsala, SE
Swivel office chair model EA 117 designed by legendary American couple Charles & Ray Eames for
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Charles & Ray Eames EA117 Office Chair in Aubergine Leather and Aluminum, Vitra
By Charles Eames, Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Iconic office chair EA117 belonging to the famous Aluminum Series designed by Charles & Ray Eames
Category

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

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Charles & Ray Eames EA117 Office Chair in Black Leather and Chrome, Vitra
By Charles Eames, Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Iconic office chair EA117 belonging to the famous Aluminum Series designed by Charles & Ray Eames
Category

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Aluminum, Chrome

Charles & Ray Eames EA117 Office Chair in Black Leather and Chrome, Vitra
By Charles Eames, Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Iconic office chair EA117 belonging to the famous Aluminum Series designed by Charles & Ray Eames
Category

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Aluminum, Chrome

EA 117 - Charles & Ray Eames - Vitra/ Weil am Rhein
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
One new and unused EA 117 office chair designed by Charles & Ray Eames, produced by Vitra/ Weil am
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Chrome, Steel

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Charles and Ray Eames for sale on 1stDibs

Charles Eames and Ray Eames were the embodiment of the inventiveness, energy and optimism at the heart of mid-century modern American design, and have been recognized as the most influential designers of the 20th century.

As furniture designers, filmmakers, artists, textile and graphic designers and even toy and puzzle makers, the Eameses were a visionary and effective force for the notion that design should be an agent of positive change. They are the happy, ever-curious, ever-adventurous faces of modernism.

Charles (1907–78) studied architecture and industrial design. Ray (née Beatrice Alexandra Kaiser, 1912–88) was an artist, who studied under the Abstract Expressionist painter Hans Hofmann. They met in 1940 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in suburban Detroit (the legendary institution where Charles also met his frequent collaborator Eero Saarinen and the artist and designer Harry Bertoia) and married the next year.

His technical skills and her artistic flair were wonderfully complementary. They moved to Los Angeles in 1941, where Charles worked on set design for MGM. In the evenings at their apartment, they experimented with molded plywood using a handmade heat-and-pressurization device they called the “Kazam!” machine. The next year, they won a contract from the U.S. Navy for lightweight plywood leg splints for wounded servicemen — they are coveted collectibles today; more so those that Ray used to make sculptures.

The Navy contract allowed Charles to open a professional studio, and the attention-grabbing plywood furniture the firm produced prompted George Nelson, the director of design of the furniture-maker Herman Miller Inc., to enlist Charles and (by association, if not by contract) Ray in 1946. Some 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.

The Eameses eagerly embraced new technology and materials, and one of their peculiar talents was to imbue their supremely modern design with references to folk traditions. Their Wire chair group of the 1950s, for example, was inspired by basket weaving techniques. The populist notion of “good design for all” drove their molded fiberglass chair series that same decade, and also produced the organic-form, ever-delightful La Chaise. In 1956 the Eames lounge chair and ottoman appeared — the supremely comfortable plywood-base-and-leather-upholstery creation that will likely live in homes as long as there are people with good taste and sense.

Charles Eames once said, “The role of the designer is that of a very good, thoughtful host anticipating the needs of his guests.” For very good collectors and thoughtful interior designers, a piece of design by the Eameses, the closer produced to original conception the better, is almost de rigueur — for its beauty and comfort, and not least as a tribute to the creative legacy and enduring influence of Charles and Ray Eames.

The collection of original Eames furniture on 1stDibs includes chairs, tables, case pieces and other items.

Finding the Right office-chairs-desk-chairs for You

An essential part of every office or home workstation, office chairs and desk chairs are critically important to your comfort and getting the job done.

Desk chairs have evolved over time. While writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson pined for a wider range of motion and introduced some improvements to his English-style Windsor chair, inventing the swivel chair along the way. So the next time you roll, recline or swivel at your vintage desk, remember: The third president of the United States had a lot to do with that functionality.

Changes in the availability of resources have also led to innovations in desk chair design. After World War II, for example, optimistic American designers made use of wartime materials in their efforts to create practical domestic goods.

Mid-century modernism is the name given to the broad postwar time period that prioritized thoughtful design. Journalist Cara Greenberg, who coined the term “mid-century modernism,” cites “ergonomic wisdom” as part of the reason for the longevity of the era’s furnishings, and when it comes to sitting in a desk chair for hours at a time, what could be more important than ergonomic support?

As mid-century modernism was marked by resourcefulness and boundless creativity — and produced designers who, in most cases, prioritized comfort and support — it follows that all mid-century chairs are not the same. Nowhere is this perhaps more evident than at Herman Miller. The legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer got its start in the office, with design director George Nelson enlisting the likes of Charles and Ray Eames to produce desk chairs and lounge chairs that are still celebrated today. Elsewhere at the time, the numerous pieces Florence Knoll created for Knoll’s office furniture line were envisioned as design solutions for the changing needs of residential and office spaces.

If you’re working remotely and streamlined seating isn’t your thing, don’t be afraid of making a statement with your office chair. Introduce a touch of drama to your video calls by way of 19th-century desk accessories and the alluring forms we typically associate with antique desk chairs designed in the Empire and Regency styles. For a minimalist touch, a spare, utilitarian Industrial-style office chair can work in any space but will fit in particularly well amid the exposed brick and steel architecture that characterizes a loft apartment.

An inspiring home office cleverly mixes materials and styles to create a welcoming place of productivity and comfort, and if you’re gathering with colleagues at your company HQ, an array of wood, leather and metal office chairs can help integrate disparate textures in a conference room or any other collaborative space. On 1stDibs, explore a diverse collection of office and desk chairs today.