Vitra Eames La Chaise
Manufacturer: Vitra | Designer: Charles & Ray Eames, 1948
Sculpture You Can Sit In
La Chaise was designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1948 for a competition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Its form was inspired by Floating Figure, a sculpture by Gaston Lachaise — and the connection is immediately legible. The shell billows and curves in a way that feels closer to sculpture than furniture, yet its undulating surface accommodates a surprising range of sitting and reclining positions, for one person or two.
The shell is moulded in polyester resin with a white lacquer finish, supported on five chrome-plated tubular steel rods anchored in a solid oak cruciform base. The oak is finished in a protective natural lacquer. La Chaise has become one of the defining objects of organic design — a piece that holds its own as much in a gallery as in a living room.
Specifications
- Dimensions — W147 × D87 × H88cm
- Shell — Polyester resin, white lacquer finish
- Base — Chrome-plated tubular steel
- Cruciform base — Solid natural oak, protective natural lacquer finish
- Wood origin — Oak (Quercus robur) from Western Europe and/or Poland
Part of the Vitra Sofas, Chaises & Ottomans collection.
Manufacturer: Vitra | Designer: Charles & Ray Eames, 1948
Sculpture You Can Sit In
La Chaise was designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1948 for a competition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Its form was inspired by Floating Figure, a sculpture by Gaston Lachaise — and the connection is immediately legible. The shell billows and curves in a way that feels closer to sculpture than furniture, yet its undulating surface accommodates a surprising range of sitting and reclining positions, for one person or two.
The shell is moulded in polyester resin with a white lacquer finish, supported on five chrome-plated tubular steel rods anchored in a solid oak cruciform base. The oak is finished in a protective natural lacquer. La Chaise has become one of the defining objects of organic design — a piece that holds its own as much in a gallery as in a living room.
Specifications
- Dimensions — W147 × D87 × H88cm
- Shell — Polyester resin, white lacquer finish
- Base — Chrome-plated tubular steel
- Cruciform base — Solid natural oak, protective natural lacquer finish
- Wood origin — Oak (Quercus robur) from Western Europe and/or Poland
Part of the Vitra Sofas, Chaises & Ottomans collection.
Original: $10,791.10
-65%$10,791.10
$3,776.88Description
Manufacturer: Vitra | Designer: Charles & Ray Eames, 1948
Sculpture You Can Sit In
La Chaise was designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1948 for a competition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Its form was inspired by Floating Figure, a sculpture by Gaston Lachaise — and the connection is immediately legible. The shell billows and curves in a way that feels closer to sculpture than furniture, yet its undulating surface accommodates a surprising range of sitting and reclining positions, for one person or two.
The shell is moulded in polyester resin with a white lacquer finish, supported on five chrome-plated tubular steel rods anchored in a solid oak cruciform base. The oak is finished in a protective natural lacquer. La Chaise has become one of the defining objects of organic design — a piece that holds its own as much in a gallery as in a living room.
Specifications
- Dimensions — W147 × D87 × H88cm
- Shell — Polyester resin, white lacquer finish
- Base — Chrome-plated tubular steel
- Cruciform base — Solid natural oak, protective natural lacquer finish
- Wood origin — Oak (Quercus robur) from Western Europe and/or Poland
Part of the Vitra Sofas, Chaises & Ottomans collection.
