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Herman Miller
USA, 1945/c. 1950
slunk skin, aniline-dyed ash plywood
22.5 w x 24 d x 25 h inches
Signed with foil manufacturer’s label to underside: [Charles Eames Design Herman Miller Zeeland Michigan] with applied upholstery label.
Estimate: $2,000–3,000
Result: $1,875
Literature: Eames Design: The Work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames, Neuhart, Neuhart and Eames, ppg. 59, 72-73 The Herman Miller Collection, manufacturer’s catalog, 1948, pg. 60
Foam and hide are replaced but chair is old and originally had slunk skin covers. One front foot appears to have been cut down slightly. Otherwise fine condition.
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