Charles and Ray Eames, Eames Lounge

Circa 1980, black painted aluminum frame, black leather cushion with two pillows, unmarked.

28 x 16.5 x 75 in.

Being sold to benefit NC Modernist, a non-profit documentation of Modernist houses across North Carolina.

In 1955 while filming on location, director Billy Wilder discovered he could take quick naps on a plank held up by sawhorses. This prompted Wilder to tell his friends Charles and Ray Eames that he needed a narrow office couch. The Eameses remembered that conversation and in 1968 introduced the Eames chaise, giving the first one to Wilder. It has been produced by Herman Miller ever since.

Overall good condition; some surface wear to webbing support at edges of head area; leather with appropriate creases from use.