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Herman Miller Eames Plywood Lounge Chair with Metal Legs designed by Charles and Ray Eames At A Glance: At the risk of outrageous hyperbole, this is probably the greatest chair ever made. Okay, okay, stop rolling your eyes and come back. Heres the checklist: 1. Greatest pair of furniture designers in American history, Charles and Ray Eames, built it. 2. Molded plywood was invented for this particular product. 3. Absolutely gorgeous, yet playful and not at all intimidating. 4. In 1999, Time Magazine rated it the best design of the century Whats To Like: You heard the part about greatest chair ever designed, right? Whats Not to Like: Some folks prefer the wood leg version. Theres not much to dislike here. The Bottom Line: Probably the best chair in the history of American design, a real piece of art history, and you can let your kids play on it. Not bad.Customer Rating POWERREVIEWS.display.snippet(document, { pr_page_id : 100722,pr_read_review: javascript:reviewTab(), pr_write_review : https://www.smartfurniture.com/shop/pwr/wrapper.asp?pageId=100722}); Independent Rating: Excellent Read Smart Furnitures Review of the Plywood Lounge Chair › Shop the Molded Plywood Chair Collection ›This is a variation inspired by users, and by the many years the original chair stayed on the market in its original state and form. Charles and Ray were never adverse to playing with the forms they had created, no matter how special or unique (or profitable) they were for themselves or for Herman Miller. They believed in constant, energetic, creativity and improvement. Adding metal legs to the chair satisfied the needs of a growing market in a number of ways.For one, it gave contrast to the chair, contrast it had been lacking before. While the original is of course gorgeous, many more modern users appreciate the intermingling of different materials. They also appreciate a cheaper chair, and using metal legs instead of molded plywood legs achieves that end as well. The original Eames Molded Plywood Lounge Chair is sold at a cost of $679, but its metal legged counterpart is only $449, as a point of comparison.The changes to the chair offer a different aesthetic appeal (not necessarily a superior one), and a lower cost for folks who might want to buy in larger bulk. The Charles and Ray Eames were nothing if not forward thinking and customer-centered.The Eames Molded Plywood Lounge Chair is simply one of the greatest industrial designs in
