Eames Molded Plastic Arm Chairs 2121 Responses

Last post: 5 months, 3 weeks ago | Thread started: Mar 13, 08, 2:30 p.m.

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• lvl_13

  anyone got a set of 4 of these just sitting around that they would want to give me?
  http://www.roomandboard.com/rnb/…

  i love these chairs, but i just can't get myself to spend the $1500 for a set.

  Mar 13, 08, 2:30 p.m. – Permalink

• akrokdesign

  there no knock-off of those chairs?

  

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  Dog-earMar 13, 08, 2:31 p.m. – Permalink

• AndyRoss

  Every time I sit in one of those, I slide right out.

  

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  Dog-earMar 13, 08, 2:32 p.m. – Permalink

• flashbender

  you're giving your couch to john and getting those uncomfortable things instead?

  Or are those for your overpriced dining table?

  :P

  I am so bored today

  

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  Dog-earMar 13, 08, 2:33 p.m. – Permalink

• Antonelli

  http://www.modernica.net/index.p…

  $299. The above are made from the original machinery used to make the original chairs. They were originally fiberglass, and Modernica is the only one that continues to make them in fiberglass. Modernica bough the machinery and the original, true "process".

  The ones from Room&Board are technically the "official" ones, but are less accurate due to the plastic (not fiberglass) they use. The plastic feels quite a bit cheaper - like a child's school chair.

  

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  Dog-earMar 13, 08, 2:36 p.m. – Permalink

• Antonelli

  Herman Miller switched to plastic because they felt it was what Charles & Ray WOULD HAVE done. Which is totally ridiculous and not true to the original design.

  • plus, you save $50 a chair.– Antonelli

  

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  Dog-earMar 13, 08, 2:37 p.m. – Permalink

• akrokdesign

  $279
  http://www.homeofficesolutions.c…

  • ya, but add $50 for the Eiffel base... which I assume he wants.– Antonelli1/2

    grr. true.– akrokdesign2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 13, 08, 2:41 p.m. – Permalink

• Concrete

  I have one original Eames chairs, orange on a rocker base and a black vitra-reproduction one with built in cusion, on the Eiffel base. Plastic moulds don't have any character which is what I like about the fiberglass. I bought both of them on ebay (separately ) but the original cost about £230 ($460) more than the repro one which was about £70. Something to think about I suppose.

  

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  Dog-earMar 13, 08, 3:17 p.m. – Permalink

• Mal

  White does repro's in fibreglass
  http://www.whiteonwhite.com/

  • wow these guys have some great stuff.– sea_sea

  

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  Dog-earMar 13, 08, 3:26 p.m. – Permalink

• Josev

  Yeah, the WhiteonWhite ones are nice and truer to the originals. And they're only $135 each.

  

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  Dog-earMar 13, 08, 5:52 p.m. – Permalink

• jaylarson

  have you tried the R&B outlet on saturdays and sundays?

  • yeah. they usually only have like 1 white one there :\– lvl_13

  

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  Dog-earMar 13, 08, 7:42 p.m. – Permalink

• jfletcher

  The Eames' made a lot of good things.... I don't think those chairs are one of them.

  

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  Dog-earMar 13, 08, 8:20 p.m. – Permalink

• Antonelli

  why do you say that?

  

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  Dog-earMar 13, 08, 8:26 p.m. – Permalink

• epigraph

  they're ugly

  • incorrect.– Antonelli1/4

    wrong again.– lvl_132/4

    when was the first time?– epigraph3/4

    i don't know. i was just talking smack :)– lvl_134/4

  

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  Dog-earMar 13, 08, 9:07 p.m. – Permalink

• Josev

  They're very comfortable.

  

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  Dog-earMar 13, 08, 11:01 p.m. – Permalink

• Antonelli

  i use the two white armless ones in my dining room. They're like buckets.... pretty comfortable.

  

  • Do you drink white tea?
    
    – Ranger1/2

    Nice christmas tree– MSTRPLN2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 08, 12:07 a.m. – Permalink

• lvl_13

  damn antonelli, nice place! you have the other chair i want a set of (barcelona chair that is).

  • boo barcelona chairs.– brains1/2

    boo? why? the b-chairs are the shit!– lvl_132/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 08, 7:40 a.m. – Permalink

• lvl_13

  woah mal! i just clicked that link you put up. that is slick! how is it so cheap? you bought anything from them?

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 08, 7:42 a.m. – Permalink

• lvl_13

  wait, can you even buy anything off that whiteonwhite site? all i see are links to download the photo or send the photo to someone. i could print the photo out and sit on it, but something tells me it wouldn't be nearly high enough to be able to eat at the table properly :D

  • i need to learn how to read. that site is a bit confusing how it just takes you to the gallery though.– lvl_13

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 08, 8:03 a.m. – Permalink

• brains

  eames rocker. amazing, very comfortable.
  

  

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 08, 8:05 a.m. – Permalink

• Antonelli

  Yes, I bought my two fiberglass chairs from them. They're not THAT much cheaper than the "official" ones ($300 vs $350), but if you're buying a large quantity it's a nice savings. Many people consider the ones made by Modernica to be more accurate to the actual design and more even more "official" than the ones made by Herman Miller. You can see the fibers in the chair - just giving you a heads up, but it gives it a lot of character.

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 08, 9:32 a.m. – Permalink