Eames Vintage Rocker by Herman Miller

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Eames Vintage Rocker by Herman Miller:
$600.00

eames® molded fiberglass armchair with rocker baseDesign Charles & Ray Eames, 1948
Molded fiberglass, metal frame, solid wood rockers
Made by Herman Miller®

\"The role of the designer is that of a very good, thoughtful host anticipating the needs of his guests.\" -Charles Eames

fiberglass finish with covetable surface variation and tell-tale fiberglass striation that have attracted avid vintage collectors for decades. Shell color to best of my knowledge is Greige with nickel wire frame maple runners.

With a grand sense of adventure, Charles and Ray Eames turned their curiosity and boundless enthusiasm into creations that established them as a truly great husband-and-wife design team. Their unique synergy led to a whole new look in furniture. Lean and modern. Playful and functional. Sleek, sophisticated, and beautifully simple. That was and is the \"Eames look.\"

The Eames\' have created a universal response to what everyone wants from a chair: a simple, gracious form that fits any body and every place.

25\" w | 27.25\" d | 26.5\" h | seat: 16.25\" h
Herman Miller was a West Michigan businessman who helped his son-in-law, D.J. De Pree, buy the Michigan Star Furniture Company in 1923. De Pree had been working at the company, which opened in 1905, since he was hired in 1909 as a clerk. De Pree knew his father-in-law was a man of integrity, so he decided to rename the company after him. By the middle of the 20th century, the name Herman Miller had become synonymous with “modern” furniture. Working with legendary designers George Nelson and Charles and Ray Eames, the company produced pieces that would become classics of industrial design.
eamesHusband and wife team Charles (1907-1978) and Ray (1912-1988) Eames played a major role in the world of modern architecture and furniture, as well as working in industrial and graphic design, fine art, and film. Charles completed two years of study at Washington University in St. Louis. With his design and life partner Ray, he designed prize-winning furniture that expanded upon the wood molding techniques of Alvar Aalto. Ray-Bernice Alexandra Kaiser Eames began as an abstract expressionist painter, having graduated from Bennett Women’s College in Millbrook, NY and later studying under Hans Hoffman while living in New York City. She co-founded the American Abstract Artists and has a painting in the Whitney museum’s permanent collection.