DKR Chair Designer: Ray Eames (American, 1912–1988)
Manufacturer: Herman Miller, Inc. (American, founded 1923)
Designer: Charles Eames (American, 1907–1978)

ca. 1955 (designed in 1952)

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
Medium

Steel lattice wire shell and tubular steel base; gray naugahyde upholstery; nylon glides

Dimensions

31 1/4 × 18 3/4 × 22 3/8 in. (79.4 × 47.6 × 56.8 cm)

Credit Line

Yale University Art Gallery

Accession Number

1975.7

Geography

Made in Zeeland, Michigan

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Sillman and McNair Associates, New Haven, Conn. Purchased (1955) as part of the original furnishings of Louis Kahn's addition to the Yale University Art Gallery.
Bibliography
  • 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), 289, no. 276, ill
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
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Object/Work type

chairs

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