Eames Wooden Elephant

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Eames wooden elephant.

The designs and fabrications were made in conjunction with other children s plywood products including the nested chair table and stool. Best seller in baby highchairs. However this piece never went into production. The tactical increased marketability of the already desired object as a limited piece is a winning combination that certainly appears to resonate with buyers and collectors.

One prototype was shown at the museum of modern art in new york in 1946 and still survives in the eames family archives today. In the early 1940s charles and ray eames spent several years developing and refining a technique for moulding plywood into three dimensional shapes creating a series of furniture items and sculptures in the process. Originally designed to be produced in plywood today the legacy lives on in polypropylene available in a distinctly eamesian array of vibrant hues. Vintage eames herman miller rare elephant grey mid century modern wide mounts a.

The plywood elephant was designed in 1945 as a playful offshoot of their molded plywood experiments. The eames elephant owes its roots to a deep seated fascination of elephants on charles part. Vitra design museum expanded the elephant s legacy by introducing this polypropylene version in the style of the eames molded plastic chair. The eames elephant was part of a group of plywood animals designed in 1945 as part of the experiment into the use of the material in collaboration with the evans molded plywood division.

They introduced a re engineered modern version of the eames plywood elephant using the original materials in limited numbers as well as the famed nested kids chair too. This includes herman miller products finished with wood veneer or recut wood veneer except the oiled eames lounge chair and ottoman with rosewood oiled walnut or oiled santos palisander veneer unless specifically noted. Make offer vintage eames herman miller rare elephant grey mid century modern wide mounts a. Charles and ray eames developed a toy elephant made of plywood in 1945.

It carries gs and ce safety certifications required for toys. They designed the original elephant out of molded plywood but fabrication methods proved too complex and it never went into production. Technology apple mouse white closeup keyboard pad black pad elephant pad vitra eames hella jongerius design work workspace working space office desk wooden desk. Among these initial designs the two part elephant proved to be the most technically challenging due to its tight compound curves and the piece never went into serial production.

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