$2,540
Charles and Ray Eames
RKR
Herman Miller USA, 1950 leather, enameled steel, birch 19½ w x 27 d x 27 h in (50 x 69 x 69 cm)
result: $2,540
estimate: $700–900
In 1947, straight out of high school, Dolores Houtman (née Mast) was hired by Herman Miller as an office assistant becoming the first female employee aside from the seamstresses on the production team.
Already friends with Max DePree from school, Dolores went on to build friendships with George Nelson and Charles and Ray Eames who later would help her and her husband decorate their first home.
provenance: Gift from the Eames to Dolores Houtman, Zeeland, MI | Thence by descent
literature: Eames Design: The Work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames , Neuhart, Neuhart and Eames, ppg. 142-143 The Herman Miller Collection , manufacturer's catalog, 1952, ppg. 98-99
Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2013-10-17
