Kem Weber called this design the Airline as a reference to its aerodynamic contours, which give the lightweight chair the appearance of speed. A breakthrough in furniture construction, it was among the earliest examples—if not the first—of furniture intended to be sold disassembled with parts so simple that customers could put it together at home without special tools. Though the chair was never mass-produced, Walt Disney Studios ordered three hundred, including this one, for its projection rooms, lounges, and offices.

(California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way," 2011-12)