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    The Eames Lounge Chair was designed in the 1950s by Charles Eames as a modern take on the traditional English club chair, intended as a birthday gift for his friend Billy Wilder. Eames sought to create a comfortable chair with a well-worn, receptive look, like a baseball mitt. The chair proved to be a success, becoming iconic furniture that came to define mid-century modern design.

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    The Eames Lounge Chair was designed in the 1950s by Charles Eames as a modern take on the traditional English club chair, intended as a birthday gift for his friend Billy Wilder. Eames sought to create a comfortable chair with a well-worn, receptive look, like a baseball mitt. The chair proved to be a success, becoming iconic furniture that came to define mid-century modern design.

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    The Eames Lounge Chair was designed in the 1950s by Charles Eames as a modern take on the traditional English club chair, intended as a birthday gift for his friend Billy Wilder. Eames sought to create a comfortable chair with a well-worn, receptive look, like a baseball mitt. The chair proved to be a success, becoming iconic furniture that came to define mid-century modern design.

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    Eames Lounge Chair

    In the 1950’s, Charles Eames set out to design a modern answer to the
    Edwardian English club chair as a birthday gift for his good friend, the
    Academy Award-winning film director Billy Wilder. The famed designer wasn’t
    out to change the world. All he wanted was to make his friend a comfortable
    chair that had “the receptive look of a well used first baseman’s mitt”. In
    baseball terms, you could say Eames and his wife and partner hit a home run
    with their creation.

    Charles and Ray Eames 1956

    Edwardian Club Chair


    Leather and Walnut (one of four)
    English, 1900 - 1910

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