EAMES HOUSE BIRD Walnut Walnut
EAMES HOUSE BIRD Walnut Walnut
EAMES HOUSE BIRD Walnut Walnut
EAMES HOUSE BIRD Walnut Walnut
EAMES HOUSE BIRD Walnut Walnut
EAMES HOUSE BIRD Walnut Walnut

Decorative Objects EAMES HOUSE BIRD Walnut Walnut VITRA

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EAMES HOUSE BIRD Walnut Walnut
EAMES HOUSE BIRD Walnut Walnut
£325.00
£270.83 HT

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The design couple Charles and Ray Eames liked to decorate their private home, with numerous objects and accessories, brought back from their travels. For over fifty years, a wooden bird sculpture has stood in the middle of their living room. This charming creation, the Eames House Bird by Vitra, is not a typical Charles and Ray Eames design, but it does symbolise their affection for American Folk Art. The Eames House Bird Walnut is a great classic of American design. The Eames House Bird is also available in a black version, edited by Vitra. It's an unusual object for the home, to be placed on a desk or dining room table. The Eames house Bird is one of their most prized objects of American popular art. Its strong presence has been used many times in their photos as a decorative accessory, inspired by the bird from the Appalachian region in the eastern United States. The Eames House Bird is among the design accessories most prized by lovers of Eames design and ornithology. Combining the bird's basic design with the creativity of the Eames family, Vitra decided to mass-produce the bird.
Color
Noyer
Colour
dark wood
Material
wood
Dimensions
l 27.8cm x D 8.5cm x H 27.6cm
Finish
clear lacquered walnut, iron wire
Availability
2 weeks
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Charles & Ray EAMES

When he died at the age of 71 in 1978 in St Louis, his home town, Charles Eames embodied one of the major figures of 20th century design, which he was able to steer towards mass production. Trained as an architect, in 1940 he won 1st prize with Eero Saarinen in the Moma organic design competition in New York, which led to him teaching industrial design at Cranbrook Academy, where he met his wife Ray, who studied painting there. Charles and Ray Eames married in 1941 and moved to Los Angeles, where they began experimenting together with three-dimensional plywood moulding techniques. The aim was to create comfortable and affordable chairs. Innovative plywood splints and stretchers for the US Army led them to develop this technology, the furniture for which was produced by Herman Miller (1946), then Vitra (1957). In 1948, Charles and Ray Eames entered MoMA's "Low-Cost Furniture" competition, and in 1949 they created the Eames House as their private residence. Their Eames Lounge Chair has sold over 6 million units since its creation in 1956, while the Aluminium Chair (having initiated the Aluminium group in 1958) and the swivel armchair with its Soft Pad footrest (1969) continue to appeal to design enthusiasts and even enjoy a 30-year guarantee! In addition to their work in furniture design and architecture, Charles and Ray Eames also regularly dabbled in graphic design, photography, film-making, and exhibitions. For Vitra, the encounter with Charles and Ray Eames was of fundamental importance. The company's history as a furniture manufacturer began with the production of their designs in 1957. But it's not just their products that the design duo are making their mark on Vitra. In fact, their conception of design still defines the values and direction of the company to this day. To this day, the design philosophy of Charles and Ray Eames continues to notably determine the values, direction, and goals of Vitra. This decisive influence can be seen most clearly in the question that always arises at Vitra when it comes to making important design decisions: what would Charles and Ray say? During their life together, the couple gave their answers on trips to Europe and on return visits to California. In the Eames House, we can find many items brought back from trips, such as the Eames House Bird.

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VITRA

Vitra was founded in 1950 by Willi Fehlbaum and Erika Fehlbaum. The design furniture company Vitra is located near Basel, in Switzerland. Starting in 1981, the brand Vitra expanded and opened many subsidiaries around the world. The founders spotted the Eames chairs, including the Eames armchairs, the Vitra tables and the office chairs created by Charles and Ray Eames, Antonio Citterio or also the Bouroullec brothers.

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