Charles Eames style Lounge Chair & Ottoman Special Edition - 1956

The Charles Eames style Lounge Chair & Ottoman is based on a prototype exhibited at the Museum of Modern arts.

The designer Charles Eames said his goal for the chair was the "warm, receptive look of a well-used first baseman's mitt." Every one is a special refuge from the strains of modern living. The first Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, produced in 1956, was a birthday gift for friend Billy Wilder, the Academy Award-winning film director, and it made its public debut on Arlene Francis' Home show, which later became the Today show.

The Nr. 670 was the designers most constructionally complex chair and their first design for the luxury end of market. Armchair and ottoman available in palisander, walnut or lacquered structure and base in aluminium polished and black lacquered. Leather upholstered.

Dimensions Chair: 80 x 60 x 80 cm
Dimensions Ottoman: 65 x 54 x 44 cm