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Photographs of chairs designed for the 1948 International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | California--Los Angeles California--Beverly Hills |
| Description | Photographs created and used to design, fabricate, and document chairs for competition and production. Images show experimental and prototypical chairs, molds for chairs, and chair production: La Chaise, plastic upright chairs (with wood legs, metal rod legs, and spider pedestal base), armchairs (with metal rod base, pedestal base, and rocker base), and the minimum chair; component parts for chairs, including metal bases produced from stamped aluminum or steel; and graphic specification panels for chairs. Some images show Charles Eames, Ray Eames, and Eames Office staff at work. Includes images related to other projects: models of display windows for the Carson Pirie Scott department store in Chicago, Illinois: one to showcase new Eames furniture designs, and the other to publicize the first "Good Design" exhibition program sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Merchandise Mart, Chicago; porch awning for Billy Wilder house, and site and models for new house for Billy Wilder, Beverly Hills, California; office interior for Philip Dunne at the Twentieth Century Fox studio, Los Angeles, California; also includes a few images of ceiling number graphics for the Macy 4-Room Display; models for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial competition; Charles Kratka's Art Director's Club project; designs for packaging for Budweiser beer; aluminum information panels; and the galaxy light fixture designed by Don Albinson and used in the "For Modern Living" exhibition at the Detroit Museum of Art. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Groups of Images (LOTs) |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Architectural models--1940-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Models--1940-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Graphic design--1940-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Furniture industry--California--Los Angeles--1940-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Competition entries--1940-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Awnings--California--Beverly Hills--1940-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Eames plastic armchair--1940-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Offices--California--Los Angeles--1940-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | La Chaise (Eames chair)--1940-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Office of Charles and Ray Eames--People--1940-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Carson Pirie Scott--Exhibitions & displays--Illinois--Chicago--1940-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Window displays--1940-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Eames plastic side chair--1940-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Dunne, Philip,--1908-1992--Homes & haunts--California--Los Angeles. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Wilder, Billy,--1906-2002--Homes & haunts--California--Beverly Hills. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Exhibitions--1940-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Eames chairs--1940-1960. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
