Charles & Ray Eames - Vitra - Elephant

Green vitra elephant high chair, designed by charles & ray eames. Made of lime blue polypropylene, this elephant has become a true design classic! Intended as a toy for little ones, it can also serve beautifully as a decorative object. The chair can be used both indoors and outdoors. Dimensions: Height: 42 cm. Length: 80 cm. Width: 35 cm. In the early 1940s, charles and ray eames spent years developing and refining a technique for bending three-dimensional plywood shapes. Gradually, they designed a range of furniture and sculptures. Of all those original designs, the two-piece elephant proved to be the biggest technical challenge because of its strong multiple curves. The piece therefore never went into series production. The 14-year-old lucia eames, daughter of charles, was given a prototype that was later loaned to an exhibition at the museum of modern art in new york in 1946. Today, this prototype is still owned by the eames family. Translated with www.deepl.com/translator (free version).

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