![]() The shell is finished with a thin veneer layer. Layered sheets are then press molded into the desired shape. Crossing the wood grains during the stacking process provides additional strength. Dry plywood sheets are sandwiched, in an alternating pattern, together with the glue covered ones. The plywood used for production consists of seven layers. The chair’s shell is made from bent plywood that curves around the person sitting in it, giving the chair its famous cozy, intimate feel and provides “a special refuge from the strains of modern living”. It is still produced and commercially available today. However, this masterpiece of interior design is not exclusively for display. In fact, it became part of the permanent collections at New York's Museum of Modern Arts and the Art Institute of Chicago. The form of the chair, with its famous curves, has earned recognition around the world and has been praised by design critics. Its appearance is particularly well depicted by Ray Eames herself, who wrote in a letter to her husband that “the chair looked comfortable and un-designy". The form of the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, although clean and modern, is not entirely minimalistic. The Herman Miller furniture company noticed the potential of the chair and ottoman and began its commercial production several years later. The chair was inspired by and produced for the couple’s friend, Billy Wilder, the famous Hollywood director of Sunset Blvd., Some Like it Hot and The Apartment. The Eames Lounge Chair first came into the limelight on the Arlene Francis Home show, which was broadcasted on the NBC television network in 1956. ![]() Charles Eames once said he wanted to create a chair that had “the warm receptive look of a well-used first baseman's mitt.” The chair was supposed to be very welcoming and extremely comfortable, yet classy and light looking. ![]() The Eames chair was designed as a fresh, modern take on comfortable, ponderous armchairs found in the elite gentlemen’s clubs. The history of the chair and ottoman dates back to the late 1940’s, when Charles and Ray Eames took up the challenge of redesigning the 19th century concept of the English armchair.
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