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The story of Eames Furniture / Marilyn Neuhart, with John Neuhart

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Author:
Neuhart, Marilyn  Search this
Neuhart, John  Search this
Subject:
Eames, Charles  Search this
Eames, Ray  Search this
Office of Charles and Ray Eames History  Search this
Herman Miller, Inc History  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. (798 p.) : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2010
20th century
Contents:
Book 1. The early years : Introduction -- The Eames Office -- Charles Eames, Ray Eames -- The Eames repertory company : Eero Saarinen ; John Entenza ; Norman Bruns ; Griswold Raetze ; Margaret Harris ; Gregory Ain ; Marion Overby ; Harry Bertoia ; Herbert Matter ; Don Albinson ; Charles Kratka ; Frederick Usher II ; Dale Bauer ; Parke Meek ; Deborah Sussman ; Robert Staples ; Peter Pearce ; Gordon Ashby ; Richard Donges ; Sam Passalacqua ; Harlan Moore and E.W. (Johny) Johnson -- Furniture design and development in the Eames Office -- Organic designs in home furnishings competition, 1940-1941 -- Los Angeles, 1941 : Experimental molded plywood chair seat -- The war years, 1942-1946 : Molded plywood splints ; Edward S. Evans ; Molded plywood arm splints ; Molded plywood body litter ; Molded plywood aircraft parts -- Plywood furniture, 1944-1949 : Experimental plywood chairs ; Molded plywood children's furniture ; Molded plywood animals ; Molded plywood tables ; Edward S. Evans, Jr. ; Plywood case goods ; Museum of Modern Art one-man exhibition ; Radio cabinet enclosures ; Molded plywood screens ; Arts & architecture magazine September 1946
Book 2. The Herman Miller age : From Evans products to the Herman Miller Furniture Company: in transition : Eames molded plywood chairs ; Plywood folding tables -- The Herman Miller Furniture Company: genesis : D.J. De Pree ; Herman Miller Furniture Company ; Gilbert Rohde ; James Eppinger -- The Herman Miller Furniture Company: the Nelson years : George Nelson ; William Propst -- Eames furniture: the Albinson years 1946-1960: Low cost competition and the fiberglass chair : Museum of Modern Art Low Cost Competition ; Irv Green and Sol Fingerhut ; Eames fiberglass arm chairs ; Eames fiberglass side chairs -- Eames furniture: The Albinson years 1948-1960: innovations and standards : Eames storage units ; LTR table ; ETR table ; Wire mesh chair ; Wire sofa ; Alexander Girard ; Hang-It-All ; Sofa compact ; Eames stacking chair ; Lounge chair and ottoman ; Stephens Speakers ; Eames Aluminum Group -- Eames furniture: 1960-1978 : Hugh De Pree ; Vitra ; Time-Life chair ; Eames wooden stools ; La Fonda Chair ; Robert Blaich ; Eames contract storage ; Eames tandem sling seating ; Eames Tandem shell seating ; Eames school seating ; Segmented base tables ; Intermediate desk chair chaise ; Soft pad group ; Drafting chair ; Two-piece plastic chair ; Two-piece secretarial chair ; Loose cushion arm chair ; Teak and leather sofa ; Max De Pree
Topic:
Furniture design--History  Search this
Furniture industry and trade--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
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