1950s Mid-Century Modern LCM Chair by Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller

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This iconic Midcentury Modern LCM chair is by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller. The LCM chair was designed … Read more This iconic Midcentury Modern LCM chair is by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller. The LCM chair was designed by the duo in 1946 and manufactured by Herman Miller in the late 40s and early 50s. The Eames Plywood Lounge Side Chair was the lounger edition of the metal leg plywood chairs they developed in collaboration with the Evans Plywood Company. The chair features a molded ash plywood seat and back on a chrome-plated steel frame with rubber shocks. The chair is not marked.

In the early 1940s, designers and newlyweds Charles and Ray Eames pioneered a production method to simultaneously bend plywood in more than one direction, using their homemade Kazam machine. They named the machine for its speed and efficiency. You put a piece of wood in the machine and "Kazam!" The wood is now bent. See less