is this an eames chair?  

Maybe send pic to Eames office?
Maybe send pic to Eames office.

i did email the eames...
i did email the eames office about a week ago but they never responded.
that's why i thought some of you enthusiasts/experts might be able to shed some light to it too.
thanks.

What
Does the front side look like?

Goofy.
Are the legs made of solid bar stock -- or are they hollow ? (The weight alone would tell you.)
Are the leg attachment bolts or fittings buried in the fiberglass ? Do they show on the seat ?
I'm guessing this was somebody's home-made copy, using an original chair as a form or mold. "Hey, dude, lend me your mother's chair -- I promise I won't hurt it." Get out the Saran Wrap . . .
It's a wonderfully coarse fabric -- perhaps chosen because it could be deformed into the necessary shape, without creasing or overlapping ? Note that the fabric is cut "on the bias" -- meaning, with the fibers running diagonally -- which would aid in the draping.
Wonderful artifact -- and probably comfortable ? The texture might be nice to sit on, and inhibit "squirming" or sliding down in the seat ?

here is a photo of the...
here is a photo of the front of the chair. it looks identical to an eames arm shell to my untrained eyes.

tough one...
From the front, I would say "yes that's an eames arm shell." BUT the frame of the xbase looks solid. And no shock mounts. Is it save to say that it's bolted from the top? I think I see nuts on bottom (funny statement). I saw a shell the other day that was eaten up pretty bad by a super abrasive paint remover. It sorta looked like the back of your shell but less uniform.

I agree with SDR
that whoever made it knew what they were doing with fiberglass cloth and resins used in composite lay-ups. The chair was certainly no weekend project. Is that a gelcoat on the show side?
The X-base looks competently crafted, as well. If there are either T-nuts or bolts moulded into the shell, alignment would be tricky.
There had to have been a mould. It would be interesting to see how closely an Eames shell (sans shocks) would fit into it. It's surely a curious find.

The bolts are not visible...
The bolts are not visible on the front of the shell and the mounts are embedded in the fiberglass.
The base is definitely solid.
here is a photo of the mounting bolt/nut.
The mystery thickens...

Yes, it does.
That photo clearly shows a raised area under the outer layer(s) of cloth suggesting the presence of additional, possibly metal, support moulded into the shell. More evidence that this was a well-planned effort.
It does seem strange that anyone would have gone to such trouble in effort to reproduce something so relatively common. Where did you find it?

Yeah. Don't waste your time...
Yeah. Don't waste your time with any more research, but tynellbuyer will buy your worthless chair from you.

Tynellbuyer could do with...
Tynellbuyer could do with learning some manners.

Manners?
How does providing the original poster with exactly what was asked count as unmannered? There is not one single word or phrase that I can see that is other than to the point.

Manners
I think the bad manners comes in when you start talking about research being a waste of time. Glass artist you should know of all people how important research is. It is never a waste.

apparently
i am going to be in the minority on this. Ah well, it won't be the first time.