November 01, 2007

Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman

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Why do I love this chair?

A few weeks ago, I stopped into Room Service Vintage and spotted a knock-off of this fabulous design by Charles and Ray Eames. Celebrating its 50th anniversary last year, this set is still considered to be the penultimate lounging experience by mid-century modern enthusiasts. In fact, there is such a persistent buzz about this chair that it has its own biography: The Eames Lounge Chair: An Icon of Modern Design. And, as though that were not enough, you can even buy an Eames Stamp Kit to graphically inform the world of your Eames chair fetish.

I have never sat in the real thing, but the knock off was almost worth the $250.00 price tag. The fake-cherry veneer had worn slightly. There were cracks in the leather upholstry. Nonetheless, I could understand why there is a proliferation of these chairs nowadays with retro purists spending thousands to place this chair in front of their picture windows.

More Eames fun on the web:

It is, for these reasons, the perfect item to kick off the culmination of this blog: a place for me to catalog the mid-century and retro design I come across daily in my desire to learn more and find out what is still available.

Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman: Worth it or worthless?

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