Vitra Eames Elephant in Plywood by Charles & Ray Eames
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in New York, NY
archives today. After a limited edition in 2007, Vitra has now launched serial production of the Eames
Plywood
Vitra Eames Elephant in Buttercup by Charles & Ray Eames
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in New York, NY
toy elephant made of plywood in 1945. Manufactured in plastic, the Eames Elephant can now be enjoyed
Plastic
Vitra Eames Elephant in White by Charles & Ray Eames
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in New York, NY
toy elephant made of plywood in 1945. Manufactured in plastic, the Eames Elephant can now be enjoyed
Plastic
Vitra Eames Elephant in Pale Rose by Charles & Ray Eames
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in New York, NY
toy elephant made of plywood in 1945. Manufactured in plastic, the Eames elephant can now be enjoyed
Plastic
Vitra Eames Elephant in Ice Grey by Charles & Ray Eames
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in New York, NY
toy elephant made of plywood in 1945. Manufactured in plastic, the Eames Elephant can now be enjoyed
Plastic
Unavailable
H 16.34 in W 16.15 in D 30.91 in
Vitra Eames Elephant in Deep Black by Charles & Ray Eames
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in New York, NY
toy elephant made of plywood in 1945. Manufactured in plastic, the Eames Elephant can now be enjoyed
Plastic
Vitra Eames Elephant in Poppy Red by Charles & Ray Eames
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in New York, NY
toy elephant made of plywood in 1945. Manufactured in plastic, the Eames Elephant can now be enjoyed
Plastic
Vitra Eames Elephant in Pale Rose by Charles & Ray Eames
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in New York, NY
toy elephant made of plywood in 1945. Manufactured in plastic, the Eames Elephant can now be enjoyed
Plastic
Unavailable
H 16.34 in W 16.15 in D 30.91 in
Vitra Eames Elephant in Palm Green by Charles & Ray Eames
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in New York, NY
toy elephant made of plywood in 1945. Manufactured in plastic, the Eames Elephant can now be enjoyed
Plastic
Vitra Small Eames Elephant in White by Charles & Ray Eames
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in New York, NY
version, the Eames Elephant (small) made of robust plastic, can be used as a child's toy or as a
Plastic
Unavailable
H 8.27 in W 8.08 in D 15.36 in
Vitra Small Eames Elephant in Buttercup by Charles & Ray Eames
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in New York, NY
version, the Eames Elephant (small) made of robust plastic, can be used as a child's toy or as a
Plastic
Unavailable
H 8.27 in W 8.08 in D 15.36 in
Vitra Small Eames Elephant in Ice Grey by Charles & Ray Eames
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in New York, NY
version, the Eames Elephant (small) made of robust plastic, can be used as a child's toy or as a
Plastic
Unavailable
H 8.27 in W 8.08 in D 15.36 in
Vitra Small Eames Elephant in Poppy Red by Charles & Ray Eames
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in New York, NY
version, the Eames Elephant (small) made of robust plastic, can be used as a child's toy or as a
Plastic
Unavailable
H 8.27 in W 8.08 in D 15.36 in
Vitra Small Eames Elephant in Pale Rose by Charles & Ray Eames
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in New York, NY
version, the Eames Elephant (small) made of robust plastic, can be used as a child's toy or as a
Plastic
Unavailable
H 8.27 in W 8.08 in D 15.36 in
Vitra Small Eames Elephant in Deep Black by Charles & Ray Eames
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in New York, NY
version, the Eames Elephant (small) made of robust plastic, can be used as a child's toy or as a
Plastic
Unavailable
H 8.27 in W 8.08 in D 15.36 in
Vitra Small Eames Elephant in Palm Green by Charles & Ray Eames
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in New York, NY
version, the Eames Elephant (small) made of robust plastic, can be used as a child's toy or as a
Plastic
Unavailable
H 2.76 in W 2.76 in D 5.12 in
Vitra Miniature Plywood Elephant Natural by Charles & Ray Eames
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in New York, NY
one known model remains in the possession of the Eames Family. In 2007 Vitra produced the first
Plywood
Iconic Legacy: Eames Wood Elephant Stool for Vitra, circa 2000
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
held by the Eames family. This Vitra-manufactured Eames Elephant Stool, in its original condition
Plywood
Eames Wooden Elephant Stool from Vitra, Iconic Design
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Oirlo, LI
Eames Wooden Elephant Stool from Vitra, Iconic Design Immerse yourself in timeless design history
Plywood
Molded Plywood Elephant by Charles & Ray Eames
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charles and Ray Eames designed this toy elephant in 1945 while developing and refining their
Cherry, Plywood
Ice Grey Molded Elephant by Charles & Ray Eames
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charles and Ray Eames designed this toy elephant in 1945 while developing and refining their
Plastic
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H 16.5 in W 13.75 in L 16.5 in
Plywood Elephant by Charles and Ray Eames, New, Only Opened for Photos
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Kansas City, MO
Charles and Ray Eames plywood elephant designed in 1945 and produced currently by Vitra. This is
Plywood
Poppy Red Molded Elephant by Charles & Ray Eames
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charles and Ray Eames designed this toy elephant in 1945 while developing and refining their
Plastic
Lime Green Molded Elephant by Charles & Ray Eames
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charles and Ray Eames designed this toy elephant in 1945 while developing and refining their
Plastic
Eames Cherry Plywood Elephant by Vitra
By Charles Eames, Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Amsterdam, NL
production. After a limited edition in 2007, Vitra has now launched serial production of the Eames Elephant
Plywood
Ray and Charles Eames Plywood Elephant by Vitra
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
, side table or footstool. The Eames Elephant is a design from 1945, but is newly produced by Vitra in
Cherry, Plywood
Charles and Ray Eames Plywood Elephant in Cherry wood by Vitra
By Charles Eames, Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Charles and Ray Eames developed a toy elephant made of plywood in 1945, but the piece never went
Plywood
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H 16.34 in W 16.15 in L 16.34 in
Vitra White Eames Elephant, Charles & Ray Eames, 1stdibs Gallery Showroom Sample
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in New York, NY
toy elephant made of plywood in 1945. Manufactured in plastic, the Eames Elephant can now be enjoyed
Plastic
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H 32.75 in W 18.25 in D 21.75 in
Elephant Grey Vitra Eames DSW Fiberglass Dining Side Shell Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Loughborough, Leicester
A new, used, Vitra, original Eames, fiberglass side shell chair finished in Elephant Hide Grey on
Fiberglass
Eames Plywood Elephant by Vitra
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Herzele, BE
The plywood elephant was designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1945. The elephant was produced by
Plywood
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. The Eameses were lovers of folk craft who had a genius for making highly original chairs, tables, case pieces and other furniture using traditional materials and forms.
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 Eames (1907–78) studied architecture and industrial design. Ray Eames (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 — vintage Eames splints 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 Eames chair, 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 original Eames furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes chairs, tables, case pieces and other items.