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Re: Eames Lounge Chair - 07-17-2007, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob View Post

The original manufacturer [Herman Miller] still make it, but it is also made by the Swiss company Vitra and the Italian company ICF -- there are also a number of other companies now producing unregistered reproductions of it in China and Italy.
Oops, I was wrong, ICF make only the aluminium group of Eames chairs, not the plywood lounge chair.

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Cool, Rob!

I was reading about it too. I always liked it, and it's also comfortable.

They still reproduce the original, there are some good ( and not so good) knockoffs out there.


Don't say a thing but there is one on it's way home

NSL if you are reading this please let the delivery guys in!
Great, it is a really excellent piece of furniture -- very comfortable but also really interesting to look at. It has always reminded me of the sculpture of Jean Arp, Isamu Noguchi, ...and even Jean Dubuffet to a degree.

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Love those elephants!!
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