Iconic Interiors : Inspiration for your space Order Online, or Call Free On (8am – 8pm Mon – Sat, 10am – 8pm Sun) Chaise Longues, Day Beds and Benches Eames Style EA 217 soft pad office chair Charles and Ray Eames More photographs at the bottom of this page. The 1960s classic chair that launched a thousand imitations: that’s the EA 217 Soft Pad Office Chair on castors. You can push this chair around on integral castors, but with its sturdy, polished aluminium frame this chair is no pushover. Adjustable tilt means you can arrange the soft Italian leather cushioning exactly as you please, contouring the EA 217 for a perfect fit. The chair featured in the video is our very popular brown aniline Italian leather. Buying OptionsAdd to Basket If you’re looking for a material or finish that isn’t listed here, don’t despair. , and we’ll create a bespoke order to suit your exact requirements. Available to order, delivery in 6 – 8 weeks
In stock, next day delivery available In stock, next day delivery Dark Orange Danish Wool Black Full Aniline Italian Leather Red Full Aniline Italian Leather White Full Aniline Italian Leather Green Full Aniline Italian Leather Espresso Full Aniline Italian Leather Brown Full Aniline Italian Leather Mottled Tan Full Aniline Italian Leather Old Chestnut Premium Full Aniline Italian Leather Designed by world-famous 20th century designers, Charles and Ray Eames, the EA 217 Soft Pad Office Chair combines beauty with durability and remains an iconic ‘must have’ for style gurus everywhere. The EA 217 Soft Pad Chair is part of the famous Soft Pad Group, which was designed in 1969 as a luxurious addition to the Aluminium Group collection of chairs. Taking the aluminium frame and technological innovation made famous by the Aluminium Group of chairs, the Soft Pad Group of chairs adds sumptuous, square cushions for luxury and comfort, whilst remaining true to the original minimalist silhouette.
Just like the Aluminium Group, the Soft Pad Group of chairs benefits from highly original and intelligent use of materials and technology. Husband-and-wife design team, the Eames are well-known for their ground-breaking ideas and innovative manufacturing processes. Indeed, their use of aluminium, a relatively new material in the 1950s, to design furniture was highly unusual, but led to some of the most elegant and durable chairs ever produced. Many view the Aluminium Group of chairs as one of the greatest design achievements of the 20th century, and the collection has won numerous awards around the world. The EA 217 takes this award-winning style and design, and brings to it even more luxury and comfort. Eames ea217 office chair happiness You May Also Like Eames Style Lobby Chair from £870.00 inc. VAT Eames Style EA219 Soft Pad High Back Executive Office Chair On Castors from £500.00 inc. VAT Eames Style EA208 Soft Pad Office Chair from £420.00 inc. VAT
Eames Style EA124 Lounge Chair and EA125 Ottoman from £886.00 inc. VAT Eames Style EA117 Aluminium Chair with castors and arms from £405.00 inc. VAT Eames Style EA108 Aluminium Office Chair With Arms from £353.00 inc. VAT from £409.00 inc. VAT Eames Style EA 216 Soft Pad High Back from £467.00 inc. VAT Eames Style EA 119 High Back Executive Office Chair from £578.00 inc. VAT Charles Eames Style Round Meeting Table from £440.00 inc. VAT Charles Eames Dining Conference Table from £759.00 inc. VAT At Iconic Interiors we are committed to bringing you the cream of modern designer furniture. The design of every item we supply has stood the test of time, looking as fresh and contemporary today as the day it was first conceived. M H Furniture Holdings Limited trading as Iconic Interiors, Unit 1-2, Riverside Trading Estate, Navigation Road, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 1BE, United Kingdom and Dubai Telephone enquiries: 01606 871 457
Ray (née Beatrice Alexandra Kaiser) was an artist, who studied under the abstract expressionist Hans Hofmann. They met in 1940 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in suburban Detroit (where Charles also met his frequent collaborator Eero Saarinen and the artist and designer Harry Bertoia) and married the next year. His technical skills and her artistic flair were wonderfully complementary. They moved to Los Angeles in 1941, where Charles worked on set design for MGM. In the evenings at their apartment, they experimented with molded plywood using a handmade heat-and-pressurization device they called the “Kazam!” machine. The next year, they won a contract from the U.S. Navy for lightweight plywood leg splints for wounded servicemen — they are coveted collectibles today; more so those that Ray used to make sculptures. The Navy contract allowed Charles to open a professional studio, and the attention-grabbing plywood furniture the firm produced prompted George Nelson, the director of design of the furniture-maker Herman Miller Inc., to enlist Charles and (by association, if not by contract) Ray in 1946.
Some of the first Eames items to emerge from Herman Miller are now classics: the “LCW,” or Lounge Chair Wood, and the “DCM,” or Dining Chair Metal, supported by tubular steel. The Eameses eagerly embraced new technology and materials, and one of their peculiar talents was to imbue their supremely modern design with references to folk traditions. Their “Wire Chair” group of the 1950s, for example, was inspired by basket weaving techniques. The populist notion of “good design for all” drove their “Molded Fiberglass” chair series that same decade, and also produced the organic-form, ever-delightful “La Chaise.” In 1956 the “Lounge Chair” and ottoman appeared — the supremely comfortable plywood-base-and-leather-upholstery creation that will likely live in homes as long as there are people with good taste and sense. Charles Eames once said, “The role of the designer is that of a very good, thoughtful host anticipating the needs of his guests.” For very good collectors and thoughtful interior designers, a piece of design by the Eameses, the closer produced to original conception the better, is almost de rigueur — for its beauty and comfort, and not least as a tribute to the creative legacy and enduring influence of Charles and Ray Eames.