Relieve stress with an ergonomic recliner - The Eames® Lounge Chair & Ottoman by Herman Miller. It is one of the most widely recognized and imitated furniture designs ever created! The original intent of Charles Eames when he designed and built the Eames® Lounge Chair and Ottoman was much more modest. He wanted to build a simple and practical lounge chair with “the warm receptive look of a well used first baseman’s mitt.” Well, he created a timeless classic which we are offering it to you at an extraordinary price.
The first Eames lounge chair and ottoman was made as a gift for Billy Wilder, the director of “Some Like It Hot,” “Irma La Douce,” and “Sunset Blvd.” The heritage of the chair goes back to the molded plywood chairs pioneered by the Eameses in the 1940s. Charles Eames said his goal for the chair was that it be “a special refuge from the strains of modern living.”
The first lounge chair and ottoman produced by Herman Miller, in 1956, made its public debut on Arlene Francis’s Home show, a predecessor of the Today show. Commenting on the unique design, Charles Eames told Francis, “We’ve never designed for a fashion, and the Herman Miller furniture company has never, ever requested that we do pieces for a market.” During the interview, a short film was shown in which a man--Charles described him as “a typical Herman Miller employee”--assembled and disassembled the lounge chair, showing how simple the design was.
Francis ended the segment by quoting something she said she had read about Charles and Ray: “The Eameses’ desire to move freely in a world of enormous and unlimited possibilities is combined with a very accurate sense of discrimination and taste. It’s an ability to select among the unlimited possibilities and return considerable richness to the world.”
- Luxurious Comfort and Support
- Unparalleled Craftsmanship
Like all classics, the chair and ottoman just get better with age. Both are hand-assembled with great at tention paid to the details. Shells are 7-ply cherry, natural cherry, walnut, or santos palisander, a ichly grained veneer that looks like the Brazilian rosewood used on the original chair but is a sustainable tropical wood.
- Earth-Friendly
All veneers used now on the chair and ottoman are from sustainably managed forests. 24% of recycled materials in our chair and ottoman, which are 29% recyclable. It’s much more likely, however, that you will pass this chair on to another generation.
Chair: 32 3/4”w x 32 3/4”h
Ottoman: 21 1/2”w x 17 1/4”h
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