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[Design study for lounge chair, with sketches of various views] – Antique Print

[Design study for lounge chair, with sketches of various views], [ca. 1948] — historic drawing
[Design study for lounge chair, with sketches of various views], [ca. 1948]. Historic drawing from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic drawing captures [Design study for lounge chair, with sketches of various views] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Design study for lounge chair, with sketches of various views]

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Drawn in graphite on translucent tracing paper, this sheet shows a single lounge chair from several angles, the kind of working study a designer makes while testing a form. Library staff devised the title, and the record places the drawing among Eames chairs of the 1940s, when Charles and Ray Eames were experimenting with molded plywood and other new materials for furniture. The design later became the Eames Lounge Chair, introduced by Herman Miller in 1956, and this drawing was later included in a museum exhibition devoted to that chair.

Created / published[ca. 1948]
Medium1 drawing on tracing paper : graphite ; 18 x 30 cm.
Genreand the Grand Rapids Art Museum
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Exhibited: The Eames Lounge Chair" at the Museum of Arts and Design
SubjectsEames chairs--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan6,101 × 4,869 px · prints to 20 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-225927

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