Vitra Chair Red Plastic material. Dimensions: L 46.5 x Depth 55 cm x H
83 cm – Seat: H 43 cm. Treat yourself to an ORIGINAL iconic piece by Vitra.
An original will always hold its value. It will stay with you for your whole
life and outlast you, to be passed on to the next generation. Swiss design house
Vitra is the only company authorised to manufacture Charles & Ray Eames
products for Europe: if you own an Eames product manufactured by Vitra, you can
be sure it’s an original. Charles and Ray Eames are two of the most important
designers of the 20th century. The first plastic chairs to be mass-produced, the
Shell Chairs by Charles and Ray Eames are among the major creations in the
history of furniture. “Making the best available to the many is how Charles
and Ray Eames described one of their main aims as furniture designers. Of all
their creations, none came closer to this goal than the Plastic Chairs. The idea
of creating a one-piece moulded seat shell, adapted to the human body, was the
focus of this pair of designers for many years. After experimenting with
plywooden and aluminium sheeting in the 1940s without producing satisfactory
results, their search for alternative materials led them to
glass-fibre-reinforced polyester resin. This material, which was completely
unheard-of in the furniture industry at the time, allowed moulded shells to be
developed and refined up to mass production. This one-piece, organically shaped
shell turned out to be a much-admired innovation at a time when chairs were, for
the most part, composed of a seat and a back. Fibreglass offered the added
benefit of a pleasant feel and a perfectly moulded shell for extraordinary
comfort.After their initial presentation at the Low Cost Furniture Design
competition organised by the Museum of Modern Art in 1948, the Plastic Armchair
(A-shell) and Plastic Side Chair (S-shell) were introduced to the market in
1950, as the first mass-produced plastic chairs. With the launch of this
revolutionary creation, Charles and Ray Eames introduced a new type of furniture
that has since spread around the world: the multifunctional chair whose shell
can be combined with a wide variety of different bases. As early as 1950,
Charles and Ray Eames presented a whole series of different bases with a
remarkable design such as the Eiffel Tower base – a filigree steel wire
structure with an unparalleled combination of lightness in its form and
stability in its structure. For the Dining Height Side Chair Wood Base (DSW)
model, Charles and Ray Eames combined the organically shaped seat shell with a
four-legged wooden base. The combination of plastic and wooden gives the classic
creation a warm feel and relaxed charm. Today, Vitra manufactures the DSW chair
by Charles and Ray Eames with two different shells: the Eames Plastic Chairs
have a polypropylene shell while Eames Fiberglass Chairs have a
glass-fibre-reinforced polyester resin shell just like the first models. Like
the original armchair, the fibreglass version has a lively texture: the slightly
irregular surface material has clearly visible fibres that give it an almost
natural look. Due to the high quality of Vitra originals, the manufacturer
offers a 10-year guarantee (register your product on the dedicated website to
benefit from the extended warranty).
