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Eames Plastic Armchair DAL Chair Fully Upholstered Vitra
Dimensions in cm:
W 62.5
x
D 60
x
H 79.5
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Highlight: Eames Plastic Armchair DAL chair by Vitra
Designed for the legendary New York restaurant La Fonde del Sol, the base of the DAL chair is a particular highlight of the Plastic Chair collection. The central leg consists of four parallel strands that merge into a four-star base. The design is among the most elegant and unconventional bases ever created by Ray and Charles Eames.
The story of the Eames Plastic Chairs
One of the Eames Plastic Chairs, the DAW chair, was first presented in 1948 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York's "Low Cost Furniture Design" competition, where it won second place. Today, the Plastic Chairs have become classics, indispensable in private homes and public spaces. Yet, at the time of their creation, these design chairs were a true innovation. The novelty lay in the idea of a one-piece, ergonomically shaped seat shell.
"The most of the best to the greatest number of people for the least" – Charles & Ray Eames absolutely lived up to this principle with their Plastic Chairs. This resulted in the first mass-produced, affordable plastic chairs with outstanding design. With the Plastic Chairs, Charles & Ray Eames revolutionized furniture history in the 1950s. European and American society was undergoing a period of upheaval after the war years. This also had an impact on interior design and lifestyles. With the DAW and the other Plastic Chairs, Charles & Ray Eames contributed to liberating living spaces from the prevailing rigidity and control.
From America to Europe
In the early days of the Plastic Chairs, produced in the USA by Herman Miller in the 1940s, the designer chairs made their way across the Atlantic to Europe in the early 1950s, when Erika and Willi Fehlbaum saw an Eames chair in a shop window during a trip to the USA.
Enthralled by the design of the plastic chair, the Vitra founders negotiated a license to sell the Eames Plastic Chairs in Europe. Ultimately, their efforts were successful, and Vitra became the licensed manufacturer of the chairs in Europe and Asia. To this day, Vitra remains the sole licensed manufacturer for this market. Throughout their lives, Charles and Ray Eames maintained a close relationship with Vitra. This is also reflected in the fact that Vitra owns their estate in the form of the Eames Archive. Even today, after the designers' deaths, Vitra strives to act in their spirit and constantly asks itself, "What would Charles and Ray Eames say?" when developing new collections.
Charles and Ray Eames – design duo
If you love design, you should know the Eameses. Many people immediately think of their most famous designs, such as the Eames Lounge Chair or the Eames Plastic Chair. The Eameses are among the most important figures in 20th-century design. Besides designing furniture, they also made films, took photographs, and curated exhibitions.
Material and format
Vitra will focus on sustainability from January 2024 onwards by... Seat shells of the Eames Plastic Chairs made from recycled post-consumer plastic are manufactured. The seat shells are manufactured with a minimal Fiberglass reinforcement for stability and quality, whereby the The fiberglass content of an Eames Plastic Chair RE seat shell is 10%. The use of recycled packaging waste preserves the seat shells. minimal color pigmentation.
The color white in Virgin Plastic will be unavailable until the end of 2024. available. The new Cotton White of the RE version is available due to the The manufacturing process results in a natural white with the aforementioned pigmentations.
The La Fonda base is made of polished die-cast aluminum. The designer chair is 63 cm wide, 60.5 cm deep, and 81.5 cm high.
The seat height of 43 cm was only introduced in 2015, as the average height of the world's population has increased since the Eames Plastic Chairs were first designed. Therefore, for reorders: If you purchased your chairs before 2015, they will have a seat height of 41.5 cm.
| Product number: | VITRA 44036200 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Vitra |
| Design Year | 1950 |
| Designer | Charles & Ray Eames |
| Herstellerartikelnummer | 44036200 |
| Shipping method | Forwarding agent |
| Material | Hopsak fabric (100% polyamide), polypropylene |
| Width (cm) | 62.5 |
| Depth (cm) | 60 |
| Height (cm) | 79.5 |
| Seating height (cm) | 40.5 |
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