2 "cats & Craddle" armchairs Charles & Ray EAMES - HERMAN MILLER EDITION

The Eames LAR “Cats Cradle” arm chair Why this name? LAR: L for Low, A for Arm Chair, R for on Rod (R) (Base). Why “Cats Cradle” or “cat’s cradle”: it’s that game with rubber bands between our fingers, that game we played with as children! Do you see those tangled rubber bands? For the LAR chair, it’s the same: the base of the legs is made of wire and is bent into shape to form two horizontal supports that connect to the floor and give an almost triangular appearance - like our rubber band game. The LAR “Cats Cradle” arm chair is one of the 5 original bases of the fiberglass shell chairs that were marketed from 1950: the rocking RAR, the Eiffel DAR, the dowel-legged DAX and the four-legged DAX, and therefore also the LAR. This chair is special because it was primarily designed as a lounge chair: it is low and therefore perfect for low tables. It is fundamentally different from the other RAR and LAX lounge options. We can easily imagine that its design was a real contrast to the traditional and austere seating of the 1940s and 1950s. The Eames “Cats Cradle” chair never sold in as many numbers as the other variations, but it endured until Herman Miller discontinued its production in the mid-1960s. The LAR was unfortunately not resurrected as part of Herman Miller’s reintroduction of the plastic chair series in 2001, but it was later resurrected with the fiberglass reissues. This “cats cradle” arm chair has become one of the most sought-after models among collectors… They are in very good condition! It’s your turn! #eames #eameschair #eameshouse #modernism #minimalism #functionalism #modernlife #postmodern #design #designaddict #designinterior #furnituredesign #americandesign #furnituredesign #moderndesign #housedesign #homedesign #designlover