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Charles Eames
La Fonda Chaircirca 1963

Not on view
Molded shell armchair with black vinyl upholstered interior, parchment-tone exterior shell, and four-legged polished chrome pedestal base

Charles Eames, Ray Eames, La Fonda Chair, circa 1963, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the employees of Herman Miller, Inc., photo @ Museum Associates/LACMA

Designer
Charles Eames
United States, active United States, California, Venice, 1907-1978
Designer
Ray Eames
United States, active United States, California, Venice, 1912-1988
Title
La Fonda Chair
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1963
Medium
Aluminum, plastic, vinyl, and fiberglass
Dimensions
24 1/2 × 22 in. (62.23 × 55.88 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the employees of Herman Miller, Inc.
Accession Number
M.89.104.17
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Barron, Stephanie, S. Bernstein and I. S. Fort, with essays by Stephanie Barron, Sherri Bernstein, M. Dear, Howard N. Fox and Richard Rodriguez. Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Berkeley: University of California Press, Berkeley, 2000.

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