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Herman Miller/Evans Products
USA, 1946/1948
ash plywood, aniline-dyed ash plywood, rubber
19 w x 21 d x 28.5 h inches
Handwritten marks to underside: [D.C.W. B+BLK]. Signed with decal manufacturer’s label to underside: [Manufactured By Evans Products Company Moulded Plywood Division Herman Miller Furniture Company Sole Distributor Designed By Charles Eames].
Estimate: $5,000–7,000
Result: $5,400
Literature: Eames Design: The Work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames, Neuhart, Neuhart, and Eames, ppg. 72-73 The Herman Miller Collection, manufacturer’s catalog, 1948, pg. 62
Exhibited: Eames Design, 2001-2002, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and Suntory Museum, Osaka, Japan
Provenance: Clayton Lewis, Venice, CA
All original condition. Overall excellent condition showing only one small impression to seat.
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