Early Oak Dcw Dining Chair by Eames for Evans Products

Description

This classic Eames DCW chair in oak is an early example produced for Evans Products Company, molded plywood division. It … more This classic Eames DCW chair in oak is an early example produced for Evans Products Company, molded plywood division. It has a lovely, aged patina. Although the tag is no longer, the chair has all the other attributes of the earliest model such as the 5-2-5 connections and single back cushion.

Provenance: this chair, along with an Eames Child's Chair, is originally from the estate of Jason F. Richardson Jr., a prominent Ottawa, IL architect. He was a contemporary of Eames and Sarineen and he collected many examples of their furniture. The paper label is long gone from the underside of this chair.

Circa 1940s less