Vintage Iconic Charles & Ray Eames Stackable Fibreglass DSS Chairs by Herman Miller C.1960 (6)
'Charles Eames (1907–1978) and Ray Eames (1912–1988) were an American husband-and-wife design duo who profoundly shaped 20th-century modern architecture, furniture, and industrial design.
Arriving in 1955, the fiberglass Eames coded DSS stood for Dining (D) height, Side (S) chair, on Stacking (S) base. The Eames DSS Chair came with many variants, the DSS-N which had no side hooks for ganging lines of chairs together (although all others did come with this feature). The DSS-TA with a moving tablet table, model 0715 with fixed tablet table, 0716 with a fixed arm rest and 0717, chair only but with the possibility to add tablet/arms in the future. Codes changed through the 1970's but the available models remained largely the same.
As you can see, the DSS was extremely versatile and that super quality along with some mighty fine efforts from Herman Miller's salesmen, led the Eames DSS Stacking Chair to becoming the most popular institutional chair of choice! Herman Miller documents from 1957 show that they had sold countless numbers to stadiums, hospitals, schools, colleges, universities, clinics, government offices and many others in as little as 2 years! It is the DSS therefore that helped, perhaps more than any model, to put the Eames plastic shell chairs into modern folklore, because we all used them at one point or another and recognize them instantly.'
All chairs in good overall condition, some light surface rust apparent in line with general use and age.
£230 per chair, no lower offers will be considered. £1250 for the set of 6.
Dimensions
Width - 60cm
Depth - 55cm
Height - 79cm
Seating Height - 45cm
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Collection London, E5. Delivery available in London & the rest of UK for an additional fee.
Vintage Iconic Charles & Ray Eames Stackable Fibreglass DSS Chairs by Herman Miller C.1960 (6)
'Charles Eames (1907–1978) and Ray Eames (1912–1988) were an American husband-and-wife design duo who profoundly shaped 20th-century modern architecture, furniture, and industrial design.
Arriving in 1955, the fiberglass Eames coded DSS stood for Dining (D) height, Side (S) chair, on Stacking (S) base. The Eames DSS Chair came with many variants, the DSS-N which had no side hooks for ganging lines of chairs together (although all others did come with this feature). The DSS-TA with a moving tablet table, model 0715 with fixed tablet table, 0716 with a fixed arm rest and 0717, chair only but with the possibility to add tablet/arms in the future. Codes changed through the 1970's but the available models remained largely the same.
As you can see, the DSS was extremely versatile and that super quality along with some mighty fine efforts from Herman Miller's salesmen, led the Eames DSS Stacking Chair to becoming the most popular institutional chair of choice! Herman Miller documents from 1957 show that they had sold countless numbers to stadiums, hospitals, schools, colleges, universities, clinics, government offices and many others in as little as 2 years! It is the DSS therefore that helped, perhaps more than any model, to put the Eames plastic shell chairs into modern folklore, because we all used them at one point or another and recognize them instantly.'
All chairs in good overall condition, some light surface rust apparent in line with general use and age.
£230 per chair, no lower offers will be considered. £1250 for the set of 6.
Dimensions
Width - 60cm
Depth - 55cm
Height - 79cm
Seating Height - 45cm
For more amazing finds follow us on socials @hoxton.antiques
Collection London, E5. Delivery available in London & the rest of UK for an additional fee.
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