Hi all, I'm having some trouble identifying this embossed logo on 2 padded shells I picked up a while back. Nobody mentions it in any of the research I've done so far, so I'm hoping somebody here will have some info! Another thing about these shells that seems to differ from the norm, is that the injection holes are located toward the back, and line up across the seat, as opposed to lining up down the middle where the base attaches. I don't know if the following info would help or not, but throwing it in anyway: the material on these is either a dark orange, or faded red hopsack, and I think the shell color is Greige with the j-channel (I think that's what it's called), or trim, being the same color of the shell.
Thanks!
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so now I'm an Eamesweenie? hahahahah
I don't know anything about anything, except the early California Zenith and Venice and 3rd generation "3-dot" shells. I do know way more than I want to admit about the evolution of their various bases and the resulting transitional combinations. And Shock mounts. And the fiberglass color iterations, accidental and/or planned.
I like the Venice Studio transitional years, mostly stuff like that. I like the whole lore of early Southern California and the Eames Venice Studio in those years. I also like LTRs and ESUs and some Evans plywood chairs. Nelson (Irving Harper) clocks and Nelson bubble lamps . And Mitchell Bobrick and Luther Conover. Early California dudes and Ray Eames.
But I don't know shit about the later padded shells with breather holes in them, or the European Eames manufacturers. As production gets away from California, and beyond the earliest transitional years that immediately follow the move to Herman Miller in Zeeland Michigan, I admit to only a lazy knowledge. I do like Summit shells. Not big on Milacron.
I am not a fan of white plastic foot glides. Pre 1957 is where I become a true eamesweenie.
For what it's worth, I have never seen this particular embossment.
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