Eames Lounge Chair & Ottoman walnut white armchair Vitra

White Edition: Eames Lounge Chair & Ottoman Armchair Vitra

The chair designed by Charles & Ray Eames designed Lounge Chair with matching Ottomanis a Vitra classicthat offers ultimate comfort and is characterised by its Design and high-quality workmanship.

Lean back for a few minutes without a guilty conscience and enjoy a little time out to recharge your batteries - no other armchair fulfils this wish to the same extent as the Eames Lounge Chair. 

The white special edition

This is how we know the classic: the Eames Lounge Chair made of Santos rosewood plywood panels, covered in black leather and equipped with a polished base frame with black side sections. But with the all-white edition, Vitra offers an exciting model for all those who like to go all-white: 

• Seat and back shell: moulded plywood, veneered with walnut, white pigmented / Removable upholstery units, leather covers
• Premium F leather: cowhide nappa leather tanned with olive tree leaves with a particularly soft feel Thickness: 1.1 - 1.3 mm.
• Base: Swivel 5- or 4-star base and backrest bracket made of black die-cast aluminium.
•  Heights: The lounge chair is available with a height of 840 mm or 890 mm and the seat height is 380 mm.
• Glides: All feet with glides for carpeted floors or optionally with felt glides for hard floors.

Included

To make the comfort experience perfect, Charles Eames designed a footstool with a non-rotating four-star base, the Lounge Chair Ottoman. This not only matches the Eames Lounge Chair perfectly visually, but also makes putting your feet up a stylishly presentable option. 

Information on care, durability, guarantee and spare parts

To take optimum care of your lounge chair, we recommend cleaning the wooden surfaces with a soft damp cloth only. If necessary, use a mild cleaning agent. Please refer to the brochure supplied for cleaning the leather cover.

Vitra offers a 24-month guarantee on the Eames Lounge Chair. However, thanks to the careful selection of materials and high-quality workmanship, the Vitra chair is a piece of furniture that is often passed down through generations.

If you need spare parts for your lounge chair, we will be happy to get in touch with Vitra to procure them for you.

Traditional manufacturing and sustainability

The manufacturing standards of the Vitra Eames Lounge Chair have not changed since 1956: The original design by Charles & Ray Eames is still largely made by hand from three wooden shells - for the seat shell, backrest and headrest - assembled, upholstered and mounted on a swivelling five-star base. 47 work steps are necessary to make this design classic shine in all its splendour.

The original Eames Lounge Chair was made from Brazilian rosewood, which is now a protected species. The closest thing to the original lounge chair is the version subsequently realised in Santos rosewood, which is very similar to the original material. Vitra attaches great importance to the fact that all wood comes from sustainably managed forests.

Vitra fulfils both the ISO 90001 quality management standard and the ISO 14001 environmental management standard.

A classic of furniture design

Designed by Charles & Ray Eames in 1956, the Vitra Eames Lounge Chair has become a true design classic thanks to its popularity. Immediately after its creation, the lounge chair was awarded the Triennale Prize in Milan.

Charles Eames' intention was to create an alternative to the classic English club chair. The latter seemed too clunky and bulky to the designer - but Charles Eames did not want to do without the comfort that this armchair offered.

The result was the Vitra Lounge Chair, which breaks completely new ground in terms of appearance and comfort with its combination of plywood shells and leather upholstery. The Eames Lounge Chair makes it possible to maintain your posture even when sitting in a relaxed position. 

At the time the Eames Lounge Chair was created, the trend was towards organic and homely shapes and colours - Charles & Ray Eames were also inspired by this. The generous armchair conveys a cosiness that, coupled with timelessness and style, defines the image of the Eames Lounge Chair as a design classic.  

It is no coincidence that the Eames Lounge Chair has been part of the famous design collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York since 1960. The legendary lounge chair naturally has a place of honour in the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein. 

Vitra's founding father, Willi Fehlbaum, discovered the Eames Lounge Chair in a shop window at the time and was so impressed that he immediately secured the licence to manufacture and sell the original design by Charles Eames. To this day, the original Eames Lounge Chair is only produced by Vitra. In our online shop, you have the guarantee that you are ordering an original Vitra Lounge Chair. 

Dimensions armchair: height 89 cm, width 84 cm, depth 85-92 cm, seat height 38 cm

Ottoman dimensions: width 63 cm, depth 56 cm, height 42 cm, seat height 38 cm