Vitra Eames Fiberglass DAL Dining Chair seat cushion checker

Vitra Eames Fiberglass DAL Dining Chair seat cushion checker.

Vitra produces the Fiberglass Side Chairs and Fiberglass Armchairs by Charles and Ray Eames in several of the original colors. The fiberglass shells are characterized by their vibrant visual appeal, which is highly valued today. Fiberglass owes its charm to an irregular surface, which appears almost natural thanks to its clearly visible fibers.

The versions with a polypropylene shell, the Eames Plastic Chairs, are also still available. Together, the two chair groups form an extensive family, enabling countless variations on the classic Eames design, with a suitable version for almost every taste and purpose.

The base for the DAL chair (Dining Height Armchair La Fonda Base) was developed in 1961 by Charles and Ray Eames for the legendary New York restaurant La Fonda del Sol, whose interior was designed by their friend Alexander Girard.

With its central pedestal made up of four parallel axes that split at the bottom to form a four star base, it is one of the most elegant and unconventional pedestals ever designed by the Eames's.

Dimensions (breedte x diepte x hoogte): 63 x 60 x 83 cm. Seat height 43 cm, seat depth 52 cm, seat width 48,5 cm. Checker fabric: Material: polyester: 23%, cotton: 77%, Abrasion resistance: 20,000 Martindale. Chair comes with standard black felt glides for hard floors. Warranty chair: 2 years.

The Vitra Eames Dal armchair is also available with an upholstered seat or fully front upholstery.

Colour options fiberglass shells: Eames parchment, Eames elephant hide grey, Eames raw umber, Eames sea foam green.

About 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 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 his future wife Ray, and the couple married in 1941.