Restoring Charles Eames Aluminium Group lounge chair  

Hi,
Nice to meet you, too.
Your Herman Miller chair is polished aluminum, not chrome. Vitra issue, original black 4 star base. Consider leaving it alone.
Hi,
Aunt Mark

i also would say your chair is polished/ clear lacquered aluminum and not chrome.
The base is polished on top and the sides are black.
The early chairs only had stickers.
At my chairs i striped of the unsightly coat of lacquer and they looks much better.

Hi there,
Thank you for your replies. I probably leave the piece where the sticker is just as it is and re-chrome the rest, except for the stand. It's an inheritance, so I'll keep the chair anyways. But first I'll try to polish it, maybe it works. Someone tried that before?
The frame is actually chromed. Chrome flakes are falling off, that is also the problem. See picture.

If it is chromed, it is not original. Get the chrome off, carefully, as the aluminum is soft. Then polish it, it will look fantastic.

Okay... So it is not a real Eames then? Weird, they had the chair since the early 60's.
Thanks for helping me out guys!
Maarten
Oh, btw, does anyone know what kind of chair it is in the picture? It has no brand name....

I searched a bit and it looks like a Marcel Breuer chair without the arm rests....

Well hell,
Well.
Aunt Mark
ps. I'm usually wrong, and my cat is better looking than yours. Hi.

your chair is 100% Eames. May be the arm rests are original and the 1st owner ordered them in chrome,
or they were replaced over the years. at my ea 124 they are original in black.
chrome is very hard,best way to take off the chrome is galvaniclly. befor they where chromed, aluminum must be polished anyway.i have done this with the armrests of my ea 102

@Waldorf: Thanks. I'll send it to our galvanizing factory to put the frames in a acid bath to remove the chrome. And then it is days polishing I guess. Or maybe I can score some good ones.
@Mark: I have no idea what to do with your comment, but I can answer that you're probably right about the cat.