Everyone needs a relaxing Sunday chair to snuggle up into. The Eames Lounge chair is conceivably the most famous Sunday chair in history

1. Eames Lounge Chair - The
Greatest Chair in History?

2. Everyone needs a relaxing Sunday chair to snuggle up
into. The Eames Lounge chair is conceivably the most
famous Sunday chair in history. The designer chair has
appeared in myriad films, TV shows and adverts since
its inception in 1956 including "Iron Man", "Fraiser",
"House" and in the first season of "Friends". This
designer chair was not like Eameses' earlier chairs the
LCW (lounge chair wood) and DCW (dining chair wood)
which were produced for the mass market, but rather
Charles and Ray Eames designed the Eames Lounge
Chair and ottoman for the higher end consumer with
top grain leather and layers of steam bent rosewood.

3. For more than half a century this piece of designer
furniture has graced some of the most stylish offices,
contemporary houses and lavish apartments and even
has its own fan website. Produced originally by the
Herman Miller company (or Vitra in Europe) which still
own the copyright to the original chair, there are now
hundreds of companies producing reproductions of the
original at a fraction of the price.

4. However a chair as gorgeous as this would not have been
considered as the unparalleled designer chairs ever
created if it were not luxuriously comfortable. In fact
when it was first designed Ray Eames remarked that
the chair looked "comfortable and un-designy", while
Charles Eames wanted the chair to resemble a "Used
Baseball Mitt".

5. The Lounge chair No. 670 and Ottoman 671 was Eames'
most constructionally complex chair but much of the
technology used was based on there previous designs
of the Eames LCW, LCM, DC and DCM. The chair is
composed of three curved plywood shells which are
covered in soft Italian semi-aniline leather (removable)
cushions. Originally the plywood shells of this iconic
chair were produced in Brazilian rosewood ply veneer,
since this wood has a worldwide embargo it is now
more common to find Walnut or Palisander plywood
veneer, although other options are available.

6. The low seat which is permanently fixed in recline is
perfect for relaxing on a Sunday afternoon reading a
book or watching your favourite programme on TV.
The 5 star aluminium cast base of the chair allow the
lounge chair to swivel for maximum comfort.

7. Resources:
http://bit.ly/1nWCmT7
http://ezinearticles.com/?Eames-Lounge-Chair---The-
Greatest-Chair-in-History?&id=6188224
Whether you agree with me that this is the greatest piece
of designer furniture produced during the 20th Century
it is certainly once of the most comfortable and is likely
to be regarded as an iconic chair for years to come.

8. Thank you for reading!