Early Eames LAR Fiberglass Arm shell Lounge Chair for Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, Charles Eames
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare Eames LAR chair for Herman Miller. Parchment molded fiberglass LAR chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller.
Iron
Eames Fiberglass Cats Cradle LAR Lounge Chair
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Fulton, CA
A "Cats Cradle" LAR formed fiberglass lounge chair designed by Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller.
Metal
Classic Eames /Herman Miller Fiberglass Cats Cradle LAR Lounge Chair
By Charles Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Mid Century Modern Early "Cats Cradle" LAR formed fiberglass lounge chair designed by Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller.
Metal
Set of LAR Chairs by Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A rare set of 4 original LAR upholstered fiberglass lounge chairs on a wire frame base. Original Boris Kroll fabric.
Upholstery, Fiberglass
$4,557 / set
H 24.26 in W 24.51 in D 24.81 in
Pair of Eames for Herman Miller LAR Shell Chairs with Yellow Naugahyde Pads
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Incredibly rare pair of Eames for Herman Miller LAR lounge chairs with yellow Naugahyde pads.
Metal, Aluminum
Orange Mid-Century Modern Eames Lounge Chair by Herman Miller-LAR
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Houston, TX
Rare Eames molded sculptural lounge chair with cat's cradle base. This classic mid century modern lounge chair was designed and manufactured by Herman Miller. Herman Miller logo em...
Steel
Unavailable
H 24.41 in W 24.41 in D 24.81 in
1950's Off-White Charles and Ray Eames Armchairs Lar for Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Offerd by Zitzo, Amsterdam: Charles and Ray Eames Low armchair rod (LAR) for Herman Miller. Molded off-white fiberglass, chrome-plated steel, rubber.
Sold
H 24.5 in W 24 in D 25 in
Early Eames LAR Fiberglass Armshell Lounge Chair for Herman Miller pair avaiable
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare Eames LAR chairs for Herman Miller. Parchment molded fiberglass LAR chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller.
Metal
Eames LAR Cats Cradle Base Fiberglass Lounge Chair, 1960s
By Herman Miller, Charles Eames
Located in amstelveen, NL
Charles and Ray Eames low armchair with cats cradle base (LAR). Made by Herman Miller.
Leather, Fiberglass
Sold
H 24.41 in W 24.81 in D 25.2 in
Eames LAR Lounge Chairs with Original Alexander Girard Fabric, Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames, Charles Eames
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Beautiful and iconic mid-1970s LAR (low-rod) lounge armchairs designed by Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller International Collection.
Metal
Sold
H 23.63 in W 24.41 in D 23.63 in
Ray and Charles Eames LAR Fiberglass Cats Cradle Chair by Herman Miller, 1960s
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Beautiful fiberglass armchair designed by Ray and Charles Eames and produced by Herman Miller. Special about this chair is the original Low Rod base. This makes this armchair differe...
Chrome
Early Eames Cats Cradle Shell Chair Roped- Edge LAR
By Charles Eames
Located in Houston, TX
Charles and Ray Eames LAR (Lounge Arm Rod) Lounge Chair with Cat's Cradle Base, designed 1950 for Herman Miller.
Fiberglass
Eames Elephant Grey LAR Lounge Chair, Herman Miller, 1950s
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller, Charles Eames
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Beautiful and iconic late 1950s LAR (low-rod) lounge armchair in very good condition by Charles and Ray Eames.
Metal
Eames Red Orange LAR Chair with Cats Cradle Base
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Rochester, NY
LAR chair with original cats cradle base by Eames for Herman Miller, the glowing red orange fiberglass shell with well exposed fiber content.
Charles & Ray Eames Black LAR Lounge Chair, Herman Miller, 1960s
By Herman Miller, Charles Eames, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Late 1960s LAR (low-rod) lounge armchair designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller.
Metal
LAR Armchair by Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller 1960s
By Charles Eames, Herman Miller
Located in WIJCKEL, NL
Charles and Ray Eames Low Armchair Rod (LAR) for Herman Miller. Molded off-white fiberglass, chrome-plated steel, rubber.
Metal
Sold
H 24.5 in W 25 in D 27 in
Charles and Ray Eames Early LAR Shell Rope Chair with Cat's Cradle Base
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Hard to find 1st generation LAR (Low armchair on rod) shell chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames and manufactured between 1950-1953.
Zinc
Eames LAR Chair w/ Cat's Cradle base & Alexander Girard Fabric
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rare Eames LAR (Lounge Arm Rod) lounge chair with cat-in-cradle zinc plated steel base designed manufactured by Herman Miller in 1950-1967.
Steel, Zinc
Mid-Century Modern Eames for Herman Miller 'LAR' Lounge Chairs
By Charles Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A matching pair of low sitting lounge chair shell chairs designed by Charles Eames for Herman Miller. Very uncommon "Ochre Dark" color. Embossed logo. Shells are vintage 1960s and th...
Steel
Sold
H 24.41 in W 23.63 in D 24.41 in
Charles and Ray Eames Vintage Fiberglass LAR Armchair Cat´s Cradle, 1970s
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Zevenaar, NL
Eames lounge chair "LAR Armchair" Fiberglass seat shell with seat cushion and Hopsak cover, 1970s, design Charles & Ray Eames, manufacturer Herman Miller, "Cat's Cradle" base.
Metallic Thread
Early Eames LAR Chair with Cat's Cradle Base. Herman Miller, 1950.
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charles and Ray Eames LAR (Lounge Arm Rod) Lounge Chair with Cat's Cradle Base, designed 1950 for Herman Miller.
RARE EAMES ''LAR" LOW LOUNGE CHAIR WITH "CATS" CRADLE BASE
Located in Miami, FL
Rare 1ST Production Charles and Ray Eames " Lar " low lounge chair for Herman Miller with "cats" cradle base.Wonderful rope edge and fantastic visible threads.
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H 24.5 in W 24.88 in D 23.75 in
Charles and Ray Eames LAR Parchment Arm Shell on Cat's Cradle Base Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Chicago, IL
Charles and Ray Eames LAR parchment arm shell on cat's cradle base chair.
Zinc
Charles Eames LAR Low-low armchairs
Located in Santa Monica, CA
In great condition, these extremely rare Eames chairs feature the original steel rod base and fiberglass-reinforced polyester upholstery. These chairs are exceptional, particularly a...
Metal
Eames LAR Chair with Cat's Cradle Base
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Cambridge, MA
A rare fiberglass "LAR" (Lounge Arm Rod) armchair with zinc-plated steel base designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller, circa 1960.
Zinc
Turquoise Herman Miller Eames LAR Lounge Armchair
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Loughborough, Leicester
Here we have an all original Eames Herman Miller turquoise LAR lounge chair. Not only is the chair comprised of an original 'Cats Cradle' base it's shell is also finished in the very...
Fiberglass
Eames LAR Chair with Cat's Cradle Base
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Oakland, CA
A real nice 1960s production lounge chair rod (lounge chair with cat's cradle base) by Charles and Ray Eames. Fiberglass shell is a cream color. Paper Herman Miller label. Please ...
1950s Eames LAR Cats Cradle Fiberglass Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in San Diego, CA
All original vintage fiberglass LAR by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller, 1950s.
Fiberglass
Charles Eames LAR Zenith Rope Egde Arm Chair
Located in Berkeley, CA
Rare elephant hide grey 1st year production Eames Zenith arm shell.
Zinc
Eames LAR Lounge Chair with Cats Cradle base, Herman Miller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Low Lounge Shell Chair with Cats Cradle base by Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller, elephant hide grey fiberglass arm shell 1955. According to the 1952 Herman Miller catalog, this...
Rare "LAR" Low Lounge Chair - Eames
Located in SouthPort, CT
Rare "LAR" low lounge chair in white fiberglass and white lacquered steel by Charles & Ray Eames.
1st Generation Zenith Rope Edge LAR Chair by Eames
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames, Zenith
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare Rope edge arm shell chairs by Eames. Early 1st production example in great condition!!! Rare cat's cradle base.
Zinc
Sold
H 24.02 in W 24.8 in D 25.2 in
Herman Miller, Zenith Rope Edge LAR Designed by Eames with “Cats Cradle” Base
By Charles Eames
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Early, 1st Generation, 1950’s Herman Miller LAR (Lounge Arm Rod) designed by Charles and Ray Eames and manufactured by Zenith Plastics.
Metal
White Eames LAR Cats Cradle Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Providence, RI
Literature: Eames Design: The Work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames, Neuhart and Eames, ppg. 138-140 "The Eames cats cradle chair, abbreviated 'LAR' low (L) height, arm (A) ...
Metal
1950s Eames LAR Cats Cradle Fiberglass Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in San Diego, CA
All original vintage fiberglass LAR by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller, 1950s.
Fiberglass
Sold
H 24 in W 24.75 in D 25.25 in
Pair of 1st Prod. Eames LAR Lounge Chairs by Eames for Herman Miller, Zenith
By Charles and Ray Eames, Evans Products Company, Herman Miller
Located in Chicago, IL
Early, 1st Generation, 1950’s Herman Miller LAR (Lounge Arm Rod) designed by Charles and Ray Eames and manufactured by Zenith Plastics.
Zinc
Ochre Eames Armshell on Cats Cradle Base
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Providence, RI
Armshell has great fiber content, and is Summit production (Circle "S") Literature: Eames Design: The Work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames, Neuhart and Eames, ppg. 138-140 "...
Metal
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
Original Eames Fiberglass Shell Chairs by Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage 1960s molded fiberglass side shell chairs designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller. Gleaming shells are in original condition, each with a distinct thready texture...
Fiberglass
$6,904 / set
H 24.01 in Dm 13.78 in
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Iroko Wood by Master Studio for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Neatly proportioned with exceptional detailing, the constant nightstand is your perfect bedside partner. In our furniture making, the IDEA is to create special pieces that you can bu...
Hardwood
$33,935
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...
Bone
Herman Miller Eames Armchair on Low Lounge Base
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Amazing color on this Eames fiberglass armshell for Herman Miller. Beautiful orange tone contrasts nicely against black lounge height base. No cracks or major wear. Even color throug...
Steel
$2,047 / set
H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 18.12 in
1950, Ray & Charles Eames for Herman Miller Set DSS Fiberglass Stacking Chairs
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This chair is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beac...
Metal, Chrome
Brown Eames for Herman Miller Vintage Fiberglass Shell Chairs
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We have eleven original 1960s Eames fiberglass shell chairs with original H bases. Narrow mount. Lovely rich brown color. These have their original finish and are gorgeous, gleaming,...
Fiberglass
Evans Herman Miller LCW by Charles Eames
By Charles Eames
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An excellent example of Charles Eames Herman Miller/Evans 1940's LCW (lounge chair wood). All original with original shock mounts, screws and label intact.
Maple
1950s Swedish Velvet Samspel Sofa by Carl Malmsten
By Carl Malmsten
Located in London, England
Carl Malmsten 'Samspel' Sofa, circa 1950s First designed in 1956 and produced by AB Record in Bollnas, Sweden, the 'Samspel' sofa is one of the finest pieces to be drawn by Sweden...
Wool, Cotton, Beech
Set of 4 First Edition Eames Evans DCM Chairs
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Seattle, WA
Four Early DCM chairs designed by Charles & Ray Eames for Evans, distributed by Herman Miller. Labels remain intact on all four chairs. Shock mounts has been replaced and the chairs ...
Plywood
Impeccable Molded Swiveling Armchair by Charles and Ray Eames
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impeccable molded swiveling armchair by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller. Contractor base model.
Steel
Charles and Ray Eames Time Life Stools in Walnut for Herman Miller
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Dallas, TX
The Eames Walnut Stool series were designed by Ray Eames in 1960 for the lobby of the Time-Life building in New York City. Crafted from solid turned walnut or ebony and featuring con...
Walnut
Early Eames LCW with Evans Label
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
An early iconic design. The LCW designed by Charles and Ray Eames manufactured by Evans for Herman Miller. This piece is being sold in found condition with original Evans labeling. F...
Wood
Charles and Ray Eames Walnut LCM Lounge Chair by Herman Miller
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Highland, IN
The LCM is our favorite of the Eames plywood chair designs. The metal frame gives an overall visual lightness and makes the wood seat and back appear to float. It combines industrial...
Steel
$1,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 10 in W 15.5 in D 13.25 in
Set of three 1970s Charles and Ray Eames LTR side tables
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1975 Set of Charles and Ray Eames LTR side tables by Herman Miller, USA In good vintage condition with each table showing light wear commensurate with their age - scuffs and a few ...
Steel, Zinc
Eames LCM Lounge Chair, Herman Miller, USA, 1950s
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
An Eames LCM lounge chair, Herman Miller, USA, 1950s. Ash plywood, chrome-plated steel and original rubber feet caps. With manufacturers label. Wear consistent with age and use. Str...
Steel
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
Arguably the world’s most ubiquitous man-made material, plastic has impacted nearly every industry. In contemporary spaces, new and vintage plastic furniture is quite popular and its use pairs well with a range of design styles.
From the Italian lighting artisans at Fontana Arte to venturesome Scandinavian modernists such as Verner Panton, who created groundbreaking interiors as much as he did seating — see his revolutionary Panton chair — to contemporary multidisciplinary artists like Faye Toogood, furniture designers have been pushing the boundaries of plastic forever.
When The Graduate's Mr. McGuire proclaimed, “There’s a great future in plastics,” it was more than a laugh line. The iconic quote is an allusion both to society’s reliance on and its love affair with plastic. Before the material became an integral part of our lives — used in everything from clothing to storage to beauty and beyond — people relied on earthly elements for manufacturing, a process as time-consuming as it was costly.
Soon after American inventor John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid, which could mimic luxury products like tortoiseshell and ivory, production hit fever pitch, and the floodgates opened for others to explore plastic’s full potential. The material altered the history of design — mid-century modern legends Charles and Ray Eames, Joe Colombo and Eero Saarinen regularly experimented with plastics in the development of tables and chairs, and today plastic furnishings and decorative objects are seen as often indoors as they are outside.
Find vintage plastic lounge chairs, outdoor furniture, lighting and more on 1stDibs.
While this specific seating is known to all for its comfort and familiar form, the history of how your favorite antique or vintage lounge chair came to be is slightly more ambiguous.
Although there are rare armchairs dating back as far as the 17th century, some believe that the origins of the first official “lounge chair” are tied to Hungarian modernist designer-architect Marcel Breuer. Sure, Breuer wasn’t exactly reinventing the wheel when he introduced the Wassily lounge chair in 1925, but his seat was indeed revolutionary for its integration of bent tubular steel.
Officially, a lounge chair is simply defined as a “comfortable armchair,” which allows for the shape and material of the furnishings to be extremely diverse. Whether or not chaise longues make the cut for this category is a matter of frequent debate.
The Eames lounge chair, on the other hand, has come to define somewhat of a universal perception of what a lounge chair can be. Introduced in 1956, the Eames lounger (and its partner in cozy, the ottoman) quickly became staples in television shows, prestigious office buildings and sumptuous living rooms. Venerable American mid-century modern designers Charles and Ray Eames intended for it to be the peak of luxury, which they knew meant taking furniture to the next level of style and comfort. Their chair inspired many modern interpretations of the lounge — as well as numerous copies.
On 1stDibs, find a broad range of unique lounge chairs that includes everything from antique Victorian-era seating to vintage mid-century modern lounge chairs by craftspersons such as Hans Wegner to contemporary choices from today’s innovative designers.
Modern icons are showing up in gracefully layered dining nooks, living rooms and lounges — proof that great design only gets better with context.
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