Charles and Ray Eames, Eames Lounge

Late-20th-century production by Herman Miller, black painted aluminum frame, black leather cushion with two pillows, labeled.

29 x 16.5 x 75 in.

Private Collection, Raleigh, 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.

Good usable condition; some small spurious paint specks to the base.

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