LivingEtc: Child size Eames rocker?
My son has just had his first birthday and I was thinking of using some of the money he got to buy a child size Eames rocker for his bedroom as I have seen various other designer chairs in mini sizes. But I can't find one. Anyone got any ideas?Sure. I dunno if Herman Miller ever actually made any, but you can get one from Vitra that looks pretty good today:
Lushpad - Pair of 1961 Charles & Ray Eames La Fonda Armchairs.
These chairs have never been my favorite Eames pieces - something about them makes them seem as if they were put together using leftovers from other projects - but compared to a lot of the dreck flooding the so-called "modern" market today, they are still works of genius. These have been at Lushpad since mid-summer, priced quite reasonably at $700 for the pair. I'm surprised somebody hasn't grabbed them. As I say, they are fairly hard to come by.
I've been having a pretty good month, furniture-wise. Just yesterday I picked this puppy up at the Goodwill for ten bucks: A marked Eames RAR rocker with padded leather upholstery in fine vintage condition. The leather is a bit faded out in places, and has one or two very minor scuffs. I'm of two minds as to whether to re-dye the leather and fill the scuffs, or just leave it as is - it is, after all a vintage piece. If you want a piece that looks brand new, you should probably go to Design Within Reach and buy one.
Anyway, here's a pic:
Neat, huh?
The Mid-Century Modernist: Saarinen Tulip Table and Eames DCM Chairs
There's something very fitting about mixing the Scandinavian designers and Eames. I love the grouping above.
In my own kitchen, however, I have the opposite approach: Four Jacobsen Series 7 chairs grouped around a vintage Eames aluminum group table.
I like'em both.
Eames Hack
Okay, this is just...weird.
Eames Lounge Chair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Eames Lounge Chair and ottoman, correctly titled Eames Lounge (670) and Ottoman (671) were released in 1956 after years of development by designers Charles and Ray Eames for the Herman Miller furniture company. It was the first chair the Eames designed for a high-end market. These furnishings are made of molded plywood and leather. Examples of these furnishings are part of the permanent collection of New York's Museum of Modern Art.The rest of the wiki will tell you pretty much everything there is to know about the most famous chair to come out of the mid-century modern design era.
Charles and Ray Eames lived what they expounded - in particular, in Case Study House #8, the Eames' personal dwelling for much of their lives. Click the link or on this great pic for a comprehensive look at the home of MCM's greatest designer-duo from the Library of Congress.
UPDATE: Here is the official Eames Office site, maintained by the Eames family: Eames Gallery. The family still owns and uses the house, but permits interior tours on one day a year only. Check here for further details.
