The Eames Lounge Chair: An Icon of Modern Design

Eidelberg, Martin; Charles and Ray Eames

ISBN 10: 9063691351 / ISBN 13: 9789063691356

Published by BIS Publishers, Amsterdam, 2006

About this Item

Hardcover with dust jacket (light soil), 189p. : illustrations (chiefly in color) ; 26x26 cm. Very good, clean, unmarked, light age-toning to page-edges.

Seller Inventory # JHJ_2026_07_12_9

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Eames Lounge Chair: An Icon of Modern Design
• Publisher: BIS Publishers, Amsterdam
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9063691351
• ISBN 13: 9789063691356
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Applied Arts

About this title

Synopsis

The epitome of Modernist style and luxurious comfort, Charles and Roy Eames's leather-upholstered rosewood-veneered chair and matching ottoman is a design classic of the 20th century. Celebrating the lounge chair's 50th anniversary, this text explores it in its cultural, historical and social contexts.

About the Author

Martin Eidelberg is professor emeritus of art history at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Thomas Hilne is a social, cultural and design historian and critic. Pat Kirkham is a professor at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, New York. David Hanks is consulting curator for design at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan. C.Ford Peatross is curator of the Architecture, Design, and Engineering Collections, Prints and Photographs Division, at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.