Soft Pad Group Chair EA 207 nero / chromed base, Charles & Ray Eames, 1969

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Soft Pad Group Chair EA 207 nero / chromed base

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The Soft Pad Chair EA 207 by Vitra (Charles & Ray Eames, 1969) in leather nero, chromed base: The Soft Pad Chair EA 207 was designed in 1969. In terms of construction and design it is identical to the Aluminium Chair. The attached padded sections form an interesting contrast to the elegant aluminium frame. They make the Soft Pad Chair softer and plusher, without detracting from its transparency and clear lines. The models comprising the Soft Pad Group are suitable for a large number of uses: in the office, in conference and reception areas, but also at home. Vitra has produced the Soft Pad Group for many decades to a consistently high quality. On the basis of this experience we are now granting a 30-year guarantee on all chairs of the Soft Pad Group (see certificate of guarantee).

Soft Pad Chair EA 207 with medium high backrest, with armrests. Non-swivel on 4-star base. Upholstered with three stitched-on cushions in leather. Die-cast aluminium clamping brackets, frame, armrests and bases, either polished or chromed. With glides for carpets. Glides with felt pads for hard floor surfaces are available upon request. For versions in leather nero, brown and red, the colour of the backrest covers in Plano are adjusted to match the leather covers. For leather asphalt versions, the backrest covers are dark grey, for chocolate leather they are brown, and for marron leather, brown, for sand leather mauve grey, for snow leather white, for clay leather in stone, for olive and camel leather in coffee. Back cover in leather available for an additional charge.
EA 207: non-swivel / EA 208: swivel.

840 x 580 x 590 mm.

Product.Nr.: 41237700046605

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Design classics by Charles & Ray Eames at lachair.com

Charles Eames, born 1907 in St. Louis, Missouri, studied architecture at Washington University in St. Louis and opened his own office together with Charles M. Gray in 1930. In 1935 he founded another architectural firm with Robert T. Walsh. After receiving a fellowship in 1938 from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, he moved to Michigan and assumed a teaching position in the design department the following year. In 1940, he and Eero Saarinen won first prize for their joint entry in the competition "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" organized by the New York Museum of Modern Art. During the same year, Eames became head of the department of industrial design at Cranbrook, and in 1941 he married Ray Kaiser.

Ray Eames, née Bernice Alexandra Kaiser, was born in Sacramento, California in 1912. She attended the May Friend Bennet School in Millbrook, New York, and continued her studies in painting under Hans Hofmann through 1937. During this year she exhibited her work in the first exhibition of the American Abstract Artists group at the Riverside Museum in New York. She matriculated at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1940 and married Charles Eames the following year.

Charles & Ray Eames designed and developed stretchers and leg splints made of moulded plywood between 1941-43, and showed an exhibition of experimental moulded plywood furniture at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 1946. The Herman Miller Company in Zeeland, Michigan, subsequently began to produce the Eameses' furniture designs. In 1948, Charles and Ray Eames participated in the "Low-Cost Furniture Competition" at MoMA, and in 1949 they built their Case Study houses. Around 1955 they began to focus more on their extensive work as photographers and filmmakers, and in 1964 an honorary doctoral degree from the Pratt Institute (New York) highlighted Charles’ achievements.

The Eames Office designed the IBM Pavilion for the 1964-65 World's Fair in New York, and the year 1969 offered the opportunity to participate in the exhibition "Qu'est-ce que le design?' at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. In 1970-71, Charles was invited to hold the Charles Eliot Norton Professorship of Poetry lecture series at Harvard University. MoMA again presented an exhibition of their work, entitled "Furniture by Charles Eames", in 1973. Charles Eames died in St. Louis in 1978; Ray's death followed in 1988.

The influence of Charles and Ray Eames was fundamental to the development of Vitra. Its activity as a furniture manufacturer began in 1957 with the production of their designs. Yet it was not only the products of Charles and Ray Eames that left their mark on Vitra. With their approach to and understanding of design, they made an ongoing contribution to the values and goals of the company.

Additional information on Charles and Ray Eames can be found at: www.eamesoffice.com