[Early concept sketch for lounge chair, with sketches of various chairs and tables] – Antique Wall Art
![[Early concept sketch for lounge chair, with sketches of various chairs and tables], [ca. 1948] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ef/ef84f37482cf-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with [Early concept sketch for lounge chair, with sketches of various chairs and tables], a historic drawing rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Early concept sketch for lounge chair, with sketches of various chairs and tables]
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The words "Indoor sitting" written across this sheet of kraft paper point to the everyday purpose the designers had in mind. Drawn in graphite around 1948, the sketch shows an early lounge chair alongside studies of other seating and tables, with more chairs on the reverse. Charles and Ray Eames were experimenting with molded plywood and new forms for domestic life at the time, work that led to their lounge chair and ottoman, produced by Herman Miller beginning in 1956. Rough working drawings like this one record the steps between an idea and a classic object.
| Created / published | [ca. 1948] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on kraft paper : graphite ; 27 x 13.5 cm. |
| Genre | and the Grand Rapids Art Museum |
| Notes | Indoor sitting" written on drawing. Additional sketches of chairs are on the other side of the sheet. Title devised by Library staff. Exhibited: "The Eames Lounge Chair" at the Museum of Arts and Design |
| Subjects | Eames chairs--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,903 × 6,117 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225929 |
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