Early production Eames lounge cushion material and other details  

Howdy y'all -

Picked up this red Eames lounger recently, and it has some interesting features beyond its custom color:

o cushions sourced from Burbank (not Michigan or Illinois).
o handwritten yellow grease pen marks on inside of seat panels and inside of armrests; and
o seat-back and seat-bottom cushions each retained with a single snap button (rather than two, which I think was standard for this clip style);
o remnants of larger Herman Miller cloth labels on underside of chair and ottoman;
o chair glides with smaller-diameter threaded studs;
o push-on ottoman glides;
o armrests are attached with three screws; and
o slotted pan-head fasteners retaining all cushion clips (rather than the later Phillips countersunk screws).

Any thoughts on what we have here? My gut tells me this is a very early example and possibly one assembled at the Eames Office (cushion supplier was ~22 miles from the Eames Office). But I've been wrong before and don't want to spew any nonsense.

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