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Product groups
  1. Chest of drawers/ sideboards
  2. Miscellaneous
Designer
  1. Charles Eames
  2. Eero Saarinen
Themes
  1. Wilkhahn 100 years +
  2. Wiener Werkstätte
    1903 - 1932
  3. Highlights from the auction
    "Gio Ponti: A Collection"
Wright

Cabinet/bench | Wright

Estimated value: 4000-6000 US$

Reached Price: 4000 US$

Auction:
Modernist 20th Century

Sales date: 2002-10-06

Location:
Chicago

Lot number: 179

Design Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen
Year 1940
Manufacturer Red Lion Furniture Company
Architonic id 4100335

A rare cabinet and bench from the Organic Design in Home Furnishings exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The design collaboration for this exhibition ultimately lead to the development of Saarinen's Womb chair and Eames' plywood chairs and storage units ten years later.
Walnut
54w x 18d x 35h
Provenance: Fifty/50 Gallery, Charles and Ray Eames Exhibition.