Eames Labels  

Yeah, you did...
Remember the X based wire chair I found with the Eames Office street address on it?

Yeah, I remember. I just...
Yeah, I remember. I just thought it was shipped from that location, though. I had to have read this in "The Design of herman Miller." It's been a few. Neat to think that Charles or Ray might've been in the same room with one of these...

Yes
Indeedy

what do you make of my two chairs in terms of dates
my understand from my dad is these chairs were apart of a sample collection acquired direct from the Hurman Miller for the Canadian National Rail interior design studio that he worked at maybe 50 years ago.
I know the pucks broke and I think that my dad removed them and put on some white silicon on the mounts some years ago.
it seems that they are 60s , but what about the numbers ?

elephant hide grey
i compared the labels on eamesoffice.com and if i'm right this must be the same label! 🙂
Does somebody know anything about the "elephant hide grey"?
Thx!!!
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Um
What do you want to know about it?

i would like to know...
is it a rare production?
havent seen this colour a lot? rare?
has this chair been at the office of Eames?Getting really excited if it was there
would u think ?500 is the right price for this chair? Because i would like to buy it...
Thx

500 USD?
This chair is an early production but not extremely rare. In good condition, it would be worth ~$300 or so.

...so sorry to inform you, ...
...so sorry to inform you, numbers on the chairs mean almost nothing.The chairs were made in 3 factories and they are control numbers, mostly for the color lots for contract chairs.

500EUR?
Somebody is selling it on the web for 500EUR.. Not worth it.. Thx for advice..
Have u ever imported chairs from USA? I'm from Belgium.. And was wondering if u can find some trusty sellers in USA?
Thx

Strange Herman Miller Patent labels
Hi all,
Just got a couple chairs with paper HM labels unlike any I have seen before. One chair is Cincinatti Milacron, one is Summit, but both have the same HM paper patent labels with different dimensions than others. They both say 'Institutional Quality" on them, albeit in different presentations. Check out these pics for a reference. Maybe they are normal and I just have never seen em, but I have about 15 shells in all, arm and side, and they all either have no label or if they do (most do) they have a label like in the third image.
Thanks for any info.

Also,
Also, I have an old elephant grey armshell with the following label on it. Also, has 1951 stamped across it, in addition to the following thin aluminum (I think) label. Anyone familiar with it and the provenance? The shell is one of a pair, the other being stamped 1950 on the HM patent label. Does this make sense?
Thanks again y'all

1959
I dont see "1951" stamped anywhere on the white paper label of this grey shell, but I do see "1959" clearly (but lightly) stamped just over the word "company" on the lower right hand side of the label.
The 1959 date is consistent with this larger white paper label.
As for the metal label, this is probably towards the very end of the time frame for its use.
(I have an old beat up DCM chair with the early wide "Evans" metal flanges associated with 1946-48 -- but it has this same metal label. Possibly leftover stock that received early use of this label?
So the use of the metal label probably spans from 1948 to possibly 1960 or so.
I have seen the metal label (or it's residue) on a number arm shells, mostly from the mid 50's, and often with the early or larger white paper label.

The easiest way to tell the...
The easiest way to tell the approx date anyway is to look at the last patent date, ( if the stamp date is tough to read, as many are blurry) as it only came out evert couple of years. The patent you have is from 1958, so the 59' date EamesHead pointed out makes total sense.

bshop22
"Institutional Quality" shells are not uncommon and in fact are probably more common since they were used in institutions (e.g. schools, churches, offices, etc.) in large quantities. What's not clear to me is if there was an actual difference in the shell quality between those marked as "Institutional Quality" and those produced and/or sold for other applications.