Unopened 1940s Charles and Ray Eames Leg Splint From Evans Manufacturing

Description

One of the original plywood leg splints that launched the career of Charles and Ray Eames incredibly still preserved in … more One of the original plywood leg splints that launched the career of Charles and Ray Eames incredibly still preserved in its original wrapper; the Evans Manufacturing tag still perfectly intact on the kraft paper. The United States Navy commissioned the Eames' to provide them with 5000 of these leg splints after their design was found to be a much better splinting solution compared to the Navy's previous metal splints. It was with the money from that initial order that the Eames' went on to found their legendary design studio. Evans Manufacturing was also the manufacturer the Eames made some of their earliest chair designs with before the company urged them to find a company more experienced with furniture (Herman Miller).

This leg splint is a piece of design history, military history, art history, and industrial history all wrapped up into one beautiful object. To find it still in its wrapper makes it a exceedingly rare, museum quality piece.

Measures 42" long x 8" wide x 3.75" tall. less