Vitra - Charles & Ray Eames - Chair - Elephant, Design Object - plastic
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Vitra Elephant Design Object, designed by Charles & Ray Eames, made of Kunststoff, with dimensions 39 × 21 × 20.5 cm, dating from 2000–2010, origin Switzerland, in excellent condition.
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In excellent condition, a sculpture, stool and child chair in one, from the Vitra brand and designed by Charles & Ray Eames in the United States of America. The item is yellow, and on top it bears the official Vitra emblem, and underneath the decorative object is signed.
This Vitra elephant was originally designed in the early 1940s by Charles and Ray Eames. By the time Charles and Ray Eames spent many years developing and refining a technique for bending three-dimensional shapes from plywood. Over time they designed a range of furniture and sculptures. Of all those original designs, the two-piece elephant proved the greatest technical challenge due to its strong, multi-sided curves. The techniques of the time were not able to realize a mass production of the elephant. The 14-year-old Lucia Eames, Charles’s daughter, received a prototype that was later lent for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1946. This prototype is still owned by the Eames family.
In the early 2000s the Eames Elephant was released in plastic, making it available to the originally intended audience: children. Thus the elephant can be used as an iconic design piece but also as a toy.
Vitra is a unique and well-known name in the design world. Since the 1950s the company designs and produces beautiful design furniture, lighting and accessories. Twentieth-century designs by George Nelson, Charles and Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi, Jean Prouvé and Verner Panton form the basis of the Vitra Home Collection. They design products known for their durability and uniqueness and in form are so distinctive that you have probably seen them before! Vitra products are built to last a lifetime. Regardless of your taste or the size of the space, the Vitra collection will appeal to you. Truly design classics.
Dimensions are: 39x21x20.5 cm,
Shipped by registered mail and carefully packaged to guarantee the integrity of the object. And for combined purchases, one shipping price applies!
Seller's Story
Translated by Google TranslateIn excellent condition, a sculpture, stool and child chair in one, from the Vitra brand and designed by Charles & Ray Eames in the United States of America. The item is yellow, and on top it bears the official Vitra emblem, and underneath the decorative object is signed.
This Vitra elephant was originally designed in the early 1940s by Charles and Ray Eames. By the time Charles and Ray Eames spent many years developing and refining a technique for bending three-dimensional shapes from plywood. Over time they designed a range of furniture and sculptures. Of all those original designs, the two-piece elephant proved the greatest technical challenge due to its strong, multi-sided curves. The techniques of the time were not able to realize a mass production of the elephant. The 14-year-old Lucia Eames, Charles’s daughter, received a prototype that was later lent for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1946. This prototype is still owned by the Eames family.
In the early 2000s the Eames Elephant was released in plastic, making it available to the originally intended audience: children. Thus the elephant can be used as an iconic design piece but also as a toy.
Vitra is a unique and well-known name in the design world. Since the 1950s the company designs and produces beautiful design furniture, lighting and accessories. Twentieth-century designs by George Nelson, Charles and Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi, Jean Prouvé and Verner Panton form the basis of the Vitra Home Collection. They design products known for their durability and uniqueness and in form are so distinctive that you have probably seen them before! Vitra products are built to last a lifetime. Regardless of your taste or the size of the space, the Vitra collection will appeal to you. Truly design classics.
Dimensions are: 39x21x20.5 cm,
Shipped by registered mail and carefully packaged to guarantee the integrity of the object. And for combined purchases, one shipping price applies!
Seller's Story
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Era
After 2000
Country of origin
Switzerland
Manufacturer/brand
Vitra
Model
Elephant, Design Object
Designer/artist/maker
Charles & Ray Eames
Material
plastic
Condition
Excellent condition: barely used with minimal signs of wear
Height
21 cm
Width
20.5 cm
Depth
39 cm
Estimated period
2000-2010
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