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Eames RAR rocking chair, white

Vitra

£690.00
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Colour: White

Vitra
Eames RAR rocking chair £690.00

Description

Vitra’s Eames RAR rocking chair is a charming combination of a plastic seat, chromed metal frame and wooden legs. The name RAR comes from the words Rocking Armchair Rod Base. The slender and lightweight rocking chair is well suited for various décors and spaces.

Designed by Charles and Ray Eames, the plastic Eames chairs are true design icons of the 1950s. Their popularity lies in the timeless, ergonomic design and various leg options. The original model with a fibreglass seat was the first industrially produced plastic chair. Over the years, Vitra has readjusted the size and geometry of the classic chairs to make them more comfortable for today’s needs. The dimensions of the RAR rocking chairs were updated in 2019: longer skids, higher seat and more upright seating angle make the chairs more stable than before.

Colour
White
Width
63 cm
Depth
60–81 cm
Height
76 cm
Seat depth
52 cm
Seat height
37 cm
Frame material
Steel
Seat material
Polypropylene
Base material
Maple
Warranty
10 years (product must be registered at manufacturer's website within 3 months of the purchase date)
Product ID
AK218273

Charles & Ray Eames

Ray and Charles Eames were an American designer couple whose name is familiar for anyone with an interest in modern design. Charles Eames was born in 1907 in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied architecture at University of Washington and, invited by the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen, continued his studies at the Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Michigan in 1940. There he met Eero Saarinen, with whom he participated in a competition called ”Organic Design in Home Furnishing”, arranged by New York’s MoMA. Eames and Saarinen won the competition using a plywood moulding technique originally developed by Alvar Aalto. In Cranbrook Charles Eames also met her future wife Ray, and the couple got married in 1941. 

Ray Eames (née Kaiser) was an artist and photographer born in 1912 in Sacramento, California. She created a significant career as a furniture designer starting from 1941, when she began moulding plywood into furniture together with Charles Eames. In 1946, the Eameses exhibited their work at MoMA, and in 1948 Herman Miller began producing their designs. In 1949, the famous Eames House was build in California – besides a home, the Eames House was also space for exhibitions of many notable designers of the time. In 1950s the Eameses started to focus more on photography and cinema. 

During their career, Charles and Ray Eames were awarded with many prestigious design awards, such as the British Royal Gold Medal and the Twenty-five Year Award by the American Institute of Architects, and in 1985 the Industrial Designers Society of America gave the Eameses ”The Most Influential Designer of the 20th Century" recognition. Charles Eames continued his productive career until his death in 1978, and Ray passed away in 1988, ten years to the day after Charles.

The designs of Ray and Charles Eames, such as the iconic Lounge Chair, different versions of the Plastic Chair and the ’Hang it all’ coat rack, have always been essential part of Vitra's production. Eameses’ influence on Vitra is more than just furniture – even today, their design philosophy influences Vitra’s values, course and goals.

Would you like to read more about Charles and Ray Eames and their work? Discover our books:
Eames, Eames Furniture Sourcebook, Essential Eames – Words & Pictures, The Design Book, Woman Made: Great Women Designers, Case Study Houses, Women in Design, Mid-Century Modern Design, Mid-Century Modern: Icons of Design, A Century of Colour in Design

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  • J

    5

    Hei, keinutuoli on juuri sellainen kun olin ajatellut ja pitkän haaveilun jälkeen sain sen hankittua nopeasti teiltä. Tuotteen kuljetus kotiin oli erittäin nopea ja palvelu oli myös hyvä. 👌🏻 Kiittäen tyytyväinen asiakas

    418 days ago

  • T

    Tampere, Finland

    5

    Mukava istua ja kivan kompaktin kokoinen keinutuoliksi. Oikein kaunis klassikko.

    48 days ago

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