Eames chair and ottoman and Northfield Metal label  

No it is not a real Eames chair, manufactured by Herman Miller. Looks like the Ply-craft knock off from that angle, but would need better photos to be sure.

Edit: removed link to auction, sorry.

But it is also frustrating when 10-15 mins of searching on Google turns up all the answers to the OP and more. I just wish people would put a little more effort into it, for their own sake.

Regardless, you are right Spanky, my frustration led me to break an unwritten rule of the forum, that I would prefer was maintained for myself, were the table reversed.

I couldn't swear to it, but I think it's been kind of common courtesy around here in the past to not give away the link to someone else's find when he or she is simply asking for help in figuring out what it is before purchasing.

I don't know who made the chair. Plycraft produced at least a few variations on this chair and Selig and a couple others did other variations. I've never see those particular arm pads before, nor have I seen the wide, flat, chrome bars in back. The bases look like Plycraft, though. In the end I don't think it matters. These have a market value in the mid-hundreds (higher in hip, trendy areas of the country, lower in the sticks). They're comfortable but prone to damage if not already wobbly, cracked, etc. Also, the foam is just low density urethane and the seats have usually lost all their resiliency. When this is the case, it's like you're sitting on the plywood with just some thin padding over it.

I wouldn't advise paying much more than where it's at right now without inspecting the frame and the tilt mechanism in person. I wouldn't assume the sellers know what to look for even if you told them exactly what you need to know, because the cracks can be very hard to spot and the tilt thing is kind of subjective.

Hi.

I'm still in the Colorado area. Does the chair come with a warranty? or a seatbelt?

Hi,

Aunt Mark

Best Buy might sell you an extended warranty!

No seat belts are available which is a shame because you really do need them when the Let's See How Fast We Can Spin This Thing game starts at parties.

PS I tipped over backwards--like, all the way--in one of these once. The tilt was busted and you had to keep your feet on the floor as a counterbalance when leaning back, otherwise it would just keep going-- a little trick I learned the hard way. No injuries were sustained since the hard shell (the chair's, not mine) and foam padding acted like a giant kneepad. If you're going to fall backward in a chair, this is the one to do it in! We still laugh about it years later.

Hi,

Aunt Mark

ps. glad you weren't wounded, spanky.

Thanks. I didn't realize the link was posted.