LCW CHAIR Flashcards
Who designed the LCW Chair?
Charles and Ray Eames
In what year was the LCW Chair made?
1946
What does LCW stand for?
Low/Lounge Chair Wood
What were the Eames making before the LCW Chair?
They were still experimenting with plywood. They developed moulded plywood splints and stretchers during WW2 and then focussed their attention on furniture design post war
What did the Eames dream of making?
They attempted for more than five years to form a chair completely from a monolithic shell, i.e. from one sheet of plywood
How did the LCW Chair come into existence?
It seemed to result from a continuous succession of failed attempts where the result is not exactly the vision the Eames’s imagined
What does the side profile of the LCW Chair resemble?
The form is biomorphic in that it is doglike, with a playful pose looking up towards its master
