Vitra - Soft Pad Chaise ES 106 lounge chair

Vitra Soft Pad Chaise.

A design by Charles and Ray Eames from 1986.

Soft Pad Chaise ES 106 is a chaise longue designed by Charles & Ray Eames for Vitra. The impetus for the design of the Soft Pad Chaise came from an old friend of Charles and Ray Eames: the film director Billy Wilder.

He had expressed the wish for a recliner that would allow him to take a short nap during the recording breaks. With its soft padded cushions and leather upholstery, the Soft Pad Chaise offers a comfortable place to lie down and relax.

Six cushions with zippers are attached to the aluminum frame, two separate cushions provide extra comfort. Vitra has been producing the Soft Pad range for decades with consistently high quality.

Upholstery in leather. Six upholstered units and two loose cushions. Base: die-cast aluminium, powder coated (smooth).

Dimensions: 192b x 45d x 51/73cm

Upholstery/upholstery:
Upholstered leather upholstery, six fixed and two loose cushions.

Chassis:
Die-cast aluminum, powder coated (smooth).

The designers:

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 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 Furnishing" organized by the MoMA in New York. Eames and Saarinen won the competition using a plywood molding technique originally developed by Alvar Aalto Charles Eames also met his future wife Ray in Cranbrook, and the couple married in 1941.