Eames Aluminum Group Armchair by Herman Miller
Leather Upholstery
designed by Charles and Ray Eames

At A Glance:
Herman Miller introduced the Eames Aluminum Group in 1958 as Charles and Ray Eames' response to the need for high-quality indoor-outdoor furniture. It soon moved inside exclusively. Herman Miller celebrates the chair that came in from the cold. Available in management, executive and side chair models, this design remains a classic of style and comfort.

This graceful, yet industrial side chair utilizes a lightweight aluminum frame with suspended upholstery, 4-star base with glides and a swivel mechanism. Or, choose a fixed base. The leather options provide luxuriously comfortable seating.

This is the kind of chair that belongs across the desk from the boss, or in a conference room where some serious work gets done. Of course, this is also a flexible chair, and it doesn't have to be used in the workplace. It's also right at home in your living room or home office, and will end up being the favorite seating destination of many of your guests.

What's To Like:
This is perhaps the most balanced, most tastefully designed of all the Eames Aluminum Group chairs. The side chair has the same curve in its back as the rest of them, but with a slim profile unmarked by tilt mechanism, has a poise and grace inherently present. This is a comfortable, stylish chair.

The Bottom Line:
This chair is an example of perfect design. When Charles and Ray Eames made a piece of furniture, they were often trying to make something multipurpose like the LCW or the molded plastic chairs, or else something "perfect" for a certain task, like the Eames Lounge Chair and the Eames Aluminum Group Side Chair. These were chairs that used innovative techniques and materials to create something perfectly tailored to a need. This is a chair that works equally well in the office and at home. With both substance and style, the Aluminum Side Chair is a classic design from Charles and Ray Eames.

Details:

• Overall Dimensions: 34" h x 23" w x 18" d
• Seat height: 18.5"
• Seat width: 20.5"
• 1/2" glides for easy transport around hard woods or carpet
• Slim, stylish arms add a touch of solidity to the chair's silhouette
• Choose either fixed or swivel base

Leather Options:

• Stock Leather
  Chromium free and from Austria this stock Herman Miller leather is a winner for most. With a matte, soft feel this is the most popular leather used on Herman Miller upholstered items.

• Open Line Leather
  Austrian by birth, yours by choice. Open Line leather is closest to the stock Herman Miller leathers but available in a wider array of colors.

• Dream Cow Leather
  With a gentle calfskin grain (it's not calfskin though, its European full grain aniline dyed cowhide), this leather is soft and comes in many great colors to accent your decor. This is a leather of great versatility, perfect when Royal Hide is out of budget, but where the look is wanted.

• Metallic Dream Cow Leather
  A gentle calfskin grain (again, not calfskin but European full grain aniline dyed cowhide), infused with metals and soft shine, on cowhide for huge versatility. Updated, offbeat, moody colors.

• All Grain Leather
  Not too big - not too small - just "All Grain". Color and quality together wedding grain and color, always with a feeling of luxury. European full grain aniline dyed cowhide powered by Crypton, "All Grain" becomes an easy choice for high traffic areas and commercial offices.

• • Royal Hide Leather
    This versatile leather is the most beautiful of its kind. The color range is huge, reflecting its broad applicability. It will develop a rich patina over time, making it a great heirloom, eliminating the need for reupholstery. A European full grain aniline dyed cowhide leather with no limits - sky, earth, sea.

The Herman Miller Aluminum Side Chair is also known by the following manufacturer Item Numbers: EA308, EA330, EA331.