Pair of DCWs (Dining Chair Wood) Designer: Charles Eames (American, 1907–1978)
Designer: Ray Eames (American, 1912–1988)
Artist: Evans Products Company (American, 1931–1986)

1946

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
Medium

Ash or hickory plywood; rubber shockmounts

Dimensions

29 1/2 × 19 1/2 × 21 in. (74.9 × 49.5 × 53.3 cm)
seat: 16 in. (40.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Valerian Lada-Mocarski

Accession Number

1973.104a-b

Geography

Made in Detroit, Michigan, Made in Venice, California

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Furniture

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Bibliography
  • Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 98, ill
  • Patricia E. Kane, 300 Years of American Seating Furniture Chairs and Beds from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976), 282-283, no. 268, ill
  • "Acquisitions, 1973," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 35, no. 1 (Summer 1974), 85, ill
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

dining chairs

Inscriptions

Paper label on the underside reads EVANS (crossed with another EVANS; both share the A) / MOLDED PLYWOOD DIVISION / EVANS PRODUCTS COMPANY

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