Vitra - Eames House Whale , solid ash

Vitra House Whale.

The Eames House Whale is a beautiful scale model of the huge, six-foot wooden whale that was one of the most beloved decorative objects in the home of Charles and Ray Eames.

The original whale, created by an anonymous North American folk artist, hung from the ceiling of the Eames House and also appeared in several photo shoots of the Eames products.

The 70 cm long Eames House Whale, manufactured by Vitra, is made of hand-painted alder wood and will bring a smile to the lips of you or the visitor, whether placed on a table or windowsill or on the ceiling of your house. house is hung.

Material: Hand-painted solid ash wood
Colors: Black and white
Dimensions: Length 70 cm, Height 14 cm.

The Eames:

Ray and Charles Eames were an American designer couple whose name is known to anyone with an interest in modern design. Charles Eames was born in 1907 in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied architecture at the University of Washington and, at the invitation of the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen, continued his studies at the Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Michigan in 1940. There he met Eero Saarinen, with whom he entered a competition called " Organic Design in Home Decor" organized by MoMA in New York. Eames and Saarinen won the competition using a plywood molding technique originally developed by Alvar Aalto. In Cranbrook, Charles Eames also met her future wife Ray, and the couple married in 1941.