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Mid-Century Lounge Chair
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YOUR CHOICE OF WALNUT OR ROSEWOOD

This iconic chair is a mid century functional art piece. This architectural master piece was first produced as a birthday present for noted Hollywood producer Billy Wilder. It has played an important part in furniture history and occurs a prominent place in the hall of design fame

We use only the best quality leathers on this classic product. Our master craftsmen use full aniline hides to insure that this soft leather receives full penetration. Then the material is drum dyed for total soaking. This produces smoother leather those ages without cracks and tears.

This Lounge Chair features rich wood trim and full-grain leather, atop an aluminum polished, black lacquered swivel base.

The seat and back are crafted out of molded 7 ply veneer on a molded plywood frame. The base is cast from aluminum with chrome detail, and the cushions are covered with fine imported leather. The cushions contain urethane foam padding and this imported classic comes complete with fine stainless steel glides. We offer this model in wide array of leather color with your choice of Walnut or Rosewood outer veneer shell finish.

Length: 32.67in Height: 33.46 Depth: 32.67 Weight: 57.2lbs

Material: 7-ply rosewood or walnut veneer frame; molded plywood frame; leather upholstery; urethane foam padding; die-cast aluminum braces and stainless steel glides.

Leather: Your choice of 100% Italian imported semi-aniline. Your choice of Black, Chocolate, Brandywine, Cognac, Ivory, White, Ivory, Bright White, Butter, Lemon, Red, Golden-Tan, Saddle Tan, or Camel.

We also offer this model in a naked full aniline version in your choice of black or white leather.

The designer was born in 1907 in Saint Louis, Missouri and briefly studied architecture at Washington University in St. Louis on an architectural scholarship. He proposed studying Frank Lloyd Wright to his professors, and when he would not cease his interest in modern architects, he was dismissed from the university. In the report describing why he was dismissed from the university, a professor wrote the comment, "His views were too modern."

After he left school and was married, he began his own architectural practice with partners Charles Gray, and later Walter Pauley.

One great influence on him was the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen (whose son Eero, also an architect, would become a partner and friend). At the elder Saarinen's invitation, he moved in 1938 with his wife Catherine and daughter Lucia to Michigan, to further study architecture at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, where he would become a teacher and head of the industrial design department.

In the late 1940s, as part of the Arts & Architecture magazine "Case Study" program, the team designed and built the groundbreaking Case Study House #8, as their home. Located upon a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and constructed entirely of pre-fabricated steel parts intended for industrial construction, it remains a milestone of modern architecture.

In the 1950s, the pair of designers would continue their work in architecture and modern furniture design, often (like in the earlier molded plywood work) pioneering innovative technologies, such as the fiberglass and plastic resin chairs and the wire mesh chairs designed for Herman Miller.

Their offices operated for more than four decades (1943-88) at 901 Washington Boulevard in Venice, California, and included a number of remarkable designers, like Don Albinson and Deborah Sussman. Among the many important designs originating there are the molded-plywood DCW (Dining Chair Wood) and DCM (Dining Chair Metal with a plywood seat) (1945), Lounge Chair (1956), the Aluminum Group furniture (1958) and as well as the Chaise (1968), designed for Charles's friend, film director Billy Wilder, as well as molded plywood leg splints for the US Navy, the playful Do-Nothing Machine (1957), an early solar energy experiment, and a number of toys.

This is not a Herman Miller Eames chair.

Mid-Century Lounge Chair
Item #: A-EAMES-STYLE-LOUNGE-CHAIR

Regular Price: $2,995.00Sale Price: $1,595.00

Leather Options Click color thumbnail to enlarge.
Deluxe-Black	Deluxe-Bright-White	Deluxe-Camel	Deluxe-Chocolate	Deluxe-Ivory	Deluxe-Red	Deluxe-Saddle-Tan

Leather Options Click color thumbnail to enlarge.
Primo-Bordeaux (+$299)	Primo-Cognac (+$299)	Primo-Golden-Tan (+$299)	Primo-Hunter-Green (+$299)	Primo-Navy-Blue (+$299)	Primo-Tangerine (+$299)	Primo-Wasabi (+$299)

Leather Options Click color thumbnail to enlarge.
Exquisite-Black (+$699)	Exquisite-Chocolate (+$699)	Exquisite-Cranberry (+$699)	Exquisite-Toffee (+$699)	Exquisite-Whiskey (+$699)	Exquisite-White (+$699)

Wood Finish: WalnutRosewood (+$250)
Shipping Method: Motor Freight (+$149) Per Item
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