Terms and conditions of use
Lounge chair 670 and Ottoman 671
designed (1956); manufactured (1972)
- Medium
- leather, plywood, aluminium, nylon, zip, (other materials)
- Measurements
- (1) 85.2 × 86.2 × 83.3 cm (lounge chair)
(2) 42.7 × 65.6 × 54.6 cm (ottoman) - Place/s of Execution
- Glen Waverley, Melbourne, Victoria
- Inscription
- (1) printed in silver ink on paper on base chair seat u.c.: DESIGNED BY CHARLES EAMES / HERMAN MILLER (AUST.) P/L. / M
(2) printed in silver ink on paper on base u.c.: DESIGNED BY CHARLES EAMES / HERMAN MILLER (AUST.) P/L. / M - Accession Number
- D80.1-2-1972
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1972
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Charles and Ray Eames based their Lounge chair 670 and Ottoman 671 on the traditional English buttoned leather club chair. With the streamlined elegance of moulded plywood with rosewood veneer and soft padded leather, the lounge chair exudes an air of executive power and status.
The three-dimensional sculptural quality of the pieces also illustrates the Eames’s interest in designing furniture in the round, similar to free-standing sculpture. With the rise of open-plan living spaces in the 1950s, designers were bringing furniture away from walls and into the room where it was required to stand on its own.
