eames la fonda chair  

La Fonda
They definitely made non upholstered versions, which I think are gorgeous. They are rare - I believe the only non-upholstered versions were made early on. See this example recently:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/130708625802?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3...

thanks for the link and yes i have seen the non-upholstered versions too
but the shell is still the la fonda version (the different contour). did they ever put the regular eames shell on a la fonda base?
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I have seen them
I have seen the regular shells on la fonda basis before. I'm not sure if hm sent them out like that but they do show up in the wild.

Ah
Yes, I've seen this quite a bit but I also do not know if HM shipped them this way.

Seems to be
More common in Europe, but perhaps HM offered this combination in the US too.