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- Eames Zenaloy Rocker, circa 1950-1967 - Husband-and-wife designers Charles and Ray Eames' now ubiquitous fiberglass chairs are the product of a years-long effort to design a low-cost, mass-produced, modern chair with single piece for the seat and back. This versatile chair was equally useful in cafeterias, auditoriums, lounge areas or meeting spaces and could be stacked vertically or connected side-by-side to create rows.
- circa 1950-1967
- Collections - Artifact
Eames Zenaloy Rocker, circa 1950-1967
Husband-and-wife designers Charles and Ray Eames' now ubiquitous fiberglass chairs are the product of a years-long effort to design a low-cost, mass-produced, modern chair with single piece for the seat and back. This versatile chair was equally useful in cafeterias, auditoriums, lounge areas or meeting spaces and could be stacked vertically or connected side-by-side to create rows.
- Molded Plywood Folding Screen, 1946-1956 -
- 1946-1956
- Collections - Artifact
Molded Plywood Folding Screen, 1946-1956
- Aeron Task Chair, Pre-Production Prototype, 1994 - Designers Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf explored new materials that could replicate the cooling effect of historic wicker furniture and studied human sitting habits to create Herman Miller's groundbreaking Aeron task chair. One of the last in a series of experimental prototypes, this 1994 version incorporates the distinctive skeletal appearance that exemplified the production Aeron introduced later that year.
- 1994
- Collections - Artifact
Aeron Task Chair, Pre-Production Prototype, 1994
Designers Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf explored new materials that could replicate the cooling effect of historic wicker furniture and studied human sitting habits to create Herman Miller's groundbreaking Aeron task chair. One of the last in a series of experimental prototypes, this 1994 version incorporates the distinctive skeletal appearance that exemplified the production Aeron introduced later that year.
- Tray-table, 1950-1956 -
- 1950-1956
- Collections - Artifact
Tray-table, 1950-1956
- Model Bookshelf Designed by Gilbert Rohde from Laurel Series by Herman Miller, circa 1934 -
- circa 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Model Bookshelf Designed by Gilbert Rohde from Laurel Series by Herman Miller, circa 1934
- Trylon and Perisphere Scale Model from New York World's Fair, 1939 - The Trylon and Perisphere were iconic symbols of the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. The architectural pairing represented the fair's utopian theme, "Building the World of Tomorrow." Many souvenirs from the fair, like this scale model, used the Trylon and Perisphere image.
- 1939
- Collections - Artifact
Trylon and Perisphere Scale Model from New York World's Fair, 1939
The Trylon and Perisphere were iconic symbols of the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. The architectural pairing represented the fair's utopian theme, "Building the World of Tomorrow." Many souvenirs from the fair, like this scale model, used the Trylon and Perisphere image.
- Prototype Eames Fiberglass Chair, circa 1949 - Charles and Ray Eames wanted to design affordable high-quality furniture. To this end, Charles brought a mock-up of a chair to John Wills, a boat builder and fiberglass fabricator, who created two identical prototypes. Charles took one: it became the basis for what would become a modern design icon. This is the other: it lingered in Will's workshop, used over four decades as a utility stool.
- circa 1949
- Collections - Artifact
Prototype Eames Fiberglass Chair, circa 1949
Charles and Ray Eames wanted to design affordable high-quality furniture. To this end, Charles brought a mock-up of a chair to John Wills, a boat builder and fiberglass fabricator, who created two identical prototypes. Charles took one: it became the basis for what would become a modern design icon. This is the other: it lingered in Will's workshop, used over four decades as a utility stool.
- Chest of Drawers from Herman Miller's "Modern Bedroom Group," 1933-1937 -
- 1933-1937
- Collections - Artifact
Chest of Drawers from Herman Miller's "Modern Bedroom Group," 1933-1937
- Seat of an Aeron Side Chair Prototype, circa 1993 -
- circa 1993
- Collections - Artifact
Seat of an Aeron Side Chair Prototype, circa 1993
- Aeron Armchair Prototype, circa 1993 -
- circa 1993
- Collections - Artifact
Aeron Armchair Prototype, circa 1993