$8,750
Charles and Ray Eames
rare LCMs, pair
Herman Miller USA, 1946 original leather, aniline-dyed ash plywood, chrome-plated steel, rubber 22 w x 25 d x 26¾ h in (56 x 63 x 68 cm)
result: $8,750
During this early period at Herman Miller, few examples featuring leather were produced.
Remarkably, this rare matched pair retains the original blue leather upholstery and has remained in the same collection until now.
Signed with applied metal manufacturer's label to underside of each example: [Charles Eames Design Herman Miller Zeeland Michigan] and distributor's fabric label to underside of each example: [Sold by Guy Howard 901 West Alabama Houston, Texas].
literature: Eames Design: The Work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames , Neuhart, Neuhart and Eames, ppg. 72-75 The Herman Miller Collection , manufacturer's catalog, 1948, pg. 61
Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2015-02-12
