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LuciferSum
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08/12/2006 1:52 am  

I think SDR may have posted a while ago saying he first tried out the Eames chairs at MoMA in the cafe. Does anyone know when the museum purchased the chairs or what styles they were?


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08/12/2006 6:02 am  

My clear recollection
is that they were fiberglass armshells in a pale oyster-grey -- if that jibes with one or another of the factory colors. I can't be sure of the base of the chair -- nor what table was used, though I think it might have been the small round Saarinen table ? Or a simpler design. . .


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LuciferSum
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08/12/2006 6:06 pm  

Do You remember...
Thanks SDR - At the risk of asking you to date yourself, do you remember what year that was?


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LuciferSum
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12/12/2006 10:23 pm  

Anyone else recall?
Does anyone else recall seeing Eames chairs at MoMA - and not as museum 'objects'? I'm kinda fascinated by this idea that something is on display in one part of the museum, and in use in others.
-and also because I've acquired some shells that the previous owner say come from MoMA. They are black & parchment stacking shells. He thinks they came from the auditorium. His aunt worked at MoMA and nabbed a few chairs when she left. She's recently died so he cannot ask her. I know it's almost impossible to prove direct provenance, but its a great story nonetheless! And - these things are in GORGEOUS shape!


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