Rare "Kleinhans" Chair, circa 1939 Charles Eames/Eero Saarinen
Located in Buffalo, NY
Iconic "Kleinhans" armchair, designed by Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen, early chair, collaboration of two modern masters, designed for the Mary Seaton room at Kleinhans music hall,...
Birch, Fabric, Plywood
C. 1955 Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller DCM Chair in Calico Ash
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The design features a bent-plywood seat and back with a Calico Ash veneer face, and tubular chromed-steel legs.
Steel
Herman Miller Eames Tandem Bench with Brown Naugahyde Pad Shell Chairs
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Chattanooga, TN
During World War II, the Eameses were commissioned by the Navy to develop splints and stretchers using their molded plywood technique. After the war, they established the Eames Offi...
Metal, Aluminum
Early Charles & Ray Eames LCW Lounge Chair, Evans Production, USA 1940s
By Evans Products Company, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in GORINCHEM, NL
These early examples reflect the close collaboration between the Eames Office and Evans, whose technical expertise made the ambitious plywood designs possible.
Rubber, Ash
Early Eames DCM Dining Chair with Original Hair on Hide Upholstery, Cowhide
Located in Miami, FL
1950s Black Eames DCM Dining Chair with Original Hair on Hide Upholstery, Cowhide. Please see all pictures for condition.
Steel
Pair of Eames for Herman Miller LAR Shell Chairs with Yellow Naugahyde Pads
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Chattanooga, TN
During World War II, the Eameses were commissioned by the Navy to develop splints and stretchers using their molded plywood technique. After the war, they established the Eames Offi...
Metal, Aluminum
1947 Charles and Ray Eames IT-1 Incidental Folding Side Kids Table Herman Miller
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Retains rare paper label.
Steel
Set of Four Vintage Office Chair EA 108 by Charles and Ray Eames for ICF
By ICF Group
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A sophisticated set of four EA 108 office chairs by Charles and Ray Eames, designed in 1958 and produced by ICF, a licensed European manufacturer that produced Eames designs alongsid...
Metal
1954 Herman Miller Eames LCM Walnut Lounge Chair with Metal Legs
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Listed for sale is a circa 1954 production Herman Miller LCM (Lounge Chair with Metal Legs), designed by Ray and Charles Eames. This was one of the earliest designs by the Eames,' af...
Metal
1952 Herman Miller Eames LCM Lounge Chair in Walnut and Steel
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an Eames Molded Plywood Lounge Chair with a Metal Base, or an LCM Chair, initially designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1946.
Steel
Set of Two '2' Herman Miller LCW Lounge Chairs by Charles & Ray Eames, USA
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Deland, FL
From the first of the plywood series, the abbreviated Eames LCW Chair was the Lounge Height (L) Side Chair (C) on Wood (W) Base.
Walnut
8 Curated Ray And Charles Eames Moulded Ply Wood Walnut Dining Chairs
By Herman Miller
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A curated group of Eight dining chairs manufactured by Herman Miller and Designed in 1946 by Mid Century design duo Charles and Ray Eames from moulded plywood, chrome plated steel, p...
Steel
Early Herman Miller LCM Lounge Chair, Labeled
By Charles Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Antwerp, BE
The first experiments carried out by Charles and Ray Eames in 1945 on the molding of plywood which could adapt as best as possible to the silhouette of the human body.
Metal, Chrome
Classic Mid Century Plycraft Lounge Chair and Ottoman
By Plycraft, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in New York, NY
In the style of the well known Eames lounge chair, this example is a classic in its own right.
Upholstery, Plywood
Early Original Normal Cherner Side Chair for Plycraft
By Plycraft, Norman Cherner
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Introduced in the 1950s to compete with the molded plywood Eames chairs, this chair presents as a unique and iconic design and silhouette.
Walnut
Rare George Nelson for Herman Miller Sling Sofa, Model 6832 in Rohleder Velvet
By George Nelson
Located in Culver City, CA
During his tenure at Herman Miller, Nelson worked alongside and brought in monumental design icons, including: Charles and Ray Eames (Molded Plywood Lounge Chairs, ESU Units, Aluminu...
Chrome
Thonet Bentwood Red and Black Lacquered Modernist Desk Chair
By Thonet
Located in Westport, CT
Thonet bentwood vintage red and black lacquered plywood inspired by Eames DCW desk/dining chair, great form and comfort.
Bentwood
$1,600Sale Price / item|20% Off
Cherner Armchair by Norman Cherner, Mid-Century Modern, Circa 1960
By Norman Cherner
Located in Centreville, VA
Found in design collections across the world, the Cherner chair was originally made of walnut faced moulded plywood, using similar techniques to those that Charles and Ray Eames were...
Bentwood
Pair of Cherner Armchair by Norman Cherner for Plycraft
By Norman Cherner
Located in Centreville, VA
Found in design collections across the world, the Cherner chair was originally made of walnut faced moulded plywood, using similar techniques to those that Charles and Ray Eames were...
Bentwood
$920Sale Price / item|20% Off
Wood Pendant Light, Bound by Carnevale Studio, Walnut
By Carnevale Studio
Located in Providence, RI
Daily you would see the fog rolling up and over the tree covered hills, the sun burning it off. “Eames’ iconic plywood chair, the undulations on the top of a cello, Richard Zara’s...
Wood
Wood Chandelier, Large and Circular, Bound by Carnevale Studio, Walnut
By Carnevale Studio
Located in Providence, RI
Daily you would see the fog rolling up and over the tree covered hills, the sun burning it off. “Eames’ iconic plywood chair, the undulations on the top of a cello, Richard Zara’s...
Wood
Wood Chandelier, Large and Circular, Bound by Carnevale Studio, Cherry
By Carnevale Studio
Located in Providence, RI
Daily you would see the fog rolling up and over the tree covered hills, the sun burning it off. “Eames’ iconic plywood chair, the undulations on the top of a cello, Richard Zara’s...
Wood
Wood Pendant Light, Bound by Carnevale Studio, Cherry
By Carnevale Studio
Located in Providence, RI
Daily you would see the fog rolling up and over the tree covered hills, the sun burning it off. “Eames’ iconic plywood chair, the undulations on the top of a cello, Richard Zara’s...
Wood
$1,150 / item
Wood Pendant Light, Bound by Carnevale Studio, Maple
By Carnevale Studio
Located in Providence, RI
Daily you would see the fog rolling up and over the tree covered hills, the sun burning it off. “Eames’ iconic plywood chair, the undulations on the top of a cello, Richard Zara’s...
Wood
Price Upon Request
Half-Size FSW-6 Screen by Charles and Ray Eames
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in New York, NY
Half-size FSW-6 screen in ash plywood and canvas. Designed by Charles and Ray Eames and manufactured by Herman Miller, Zeeland, MI, circa 1948.
Canvas, Plywood
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.
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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.
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