In fact, a fabric-covered lounge chair was available for a short time after the chair was launched on the market, although only a small number were produced. When Charles and Ray Eames designed the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman in 1956, they famously aimed at a chair that “had the warm, receptive look of a well-worn First Baseman glove. Sixty-one years later, it’s hard to imagine the iconic chair being upholstered in anything other than pretty, inviting leather. But the truth is that even though Charles and Ray may have had a baseball glove in mind, they actually experimented with a wide variety of upholstery materials for the chair, including fabrics.
Does anyone make an Eames replica out of high-quality fabric? Rove, has this ever been considered? I suppose they’re reissuing them, even though they’re made of rather mild fabric than in some of the 1960s styles considered first. This Eames Lounge-style chair and matching ottoman take comfort and style to the next level and provide a spacious and luxurious seat. If you don’t have the patience to sift through vintage, Herman Miller is another option for a genuine Eames lounge chair and ottoman.
This leather keg set from Overstock has over a dozen color and wood combinations and the best white leather Eames dupe. Before she began product design, Ray Eames had studied with the painter Hans Hofmann, which gave her a vocabulary and visual syntax that she applied to the design of textiles, graphic patterns and colors. Who knew that the hardware store would be a treasure trove of Eames Dupes, no less in different colors. It appears that the only vulnerable areas of this chair are the sides of the ottoman and the back of the seat cushion.
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this in mind, Herman Miller recently worked with the Eames Office to find a new standardized fabric option for the Eames Lounge and Ottoman. Eames, specifically Herman Miller, originally included several fabric models that are well documented. If you want the real deal on a genuine vintage Eames lounge chair and ottoman set, there are of course websites like 1stDibs to help you browse online furniture sales. Another photo from the same shoot shows actress Amanda Dunne, a close friend of the couple, and wife of screenwriter Philip Dunne, for whom Charles and Ray designed an office that was resting in a cloth-covered lounge chair.
The replica of the Eames lounge chair can be used as living room chairs, bedroom chairs, hotel lobby chairs, waiting room chairs and so on. Like other legendary architects and designers of the 20th century, Charles and Ray Eames were heavily invested in the materials their products were made of and as such designed textiles to put their ideas of colors, shapes, and materials into practice. But once they’ve clawed a leather chair or a leather sofa, they keep clawing it unless you’re just above the normal nail clipper. A handful of furniture brands have mid-century modern lounge chairs and ottomans, which are heavily inspired by Eames lounge chairs and ottomans, if not total ringtones.
In typical Eames fashion, early versions of the lounge chair and ottoman were extensively documented.
References:
- Eames Chair Lounge Replica, Best Eames Lounge Chair Replica High Quality | Fuleague
- An Eames Lounge Chair in Fabric? – Herman Miller
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