Eames Chair Base Repair
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Eames chair base repair. In attaching the back to the base eames avoided the use of bolts choosing to attach the plywood pieces by gluing a rubber shock mount between them. Over the years plycraft used many different style mechanisms. Plycraft a manufacturer no longer in business was a copycat reproducer of the famous herman miller eames lounge chair. Drill ream id hole for proper chair shaft clearance.
These hubs are precision made never fail and self. Original nos and reproduction of not longer produced replacement parts. We have found several styles to replace broken mechanisms. New part is hydraulic pressed in to position on chair base.
Selig plycraft or eames chair. Send us your base and we will lathe machine oil lite bronze solid stock per specifications. Dcm lcm chair rubber boot glides for. The eames lounge chair was designed and introduced by ray and charles eames around 1956.
The term shock mount was in part is more symbolic and a marketing decision. Ships from and sold by abacus swivel chair parts. Swivel bushing for eames herman miller 670 lounge chair replacement repair parts. The eames mid century modern furniture embodies luxury comfort and exquisite elegance in its design.
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We are the eames lounge restoration specialists. Designers charles and ray eames lounge chair has been manufactured by licensees herman miller and vitra and imitated for decades by numerous other manufacturers in attaching the back to the base eames avoided the use of bolts choosing to mate the plywood pieces by gluing a rubber shock mount between them. Rubber dome glides 4 eiffel tower base 4 herman miller eames chair feet parts. My early eames rocker needed some very precise welding done to restore the iron base.
Eames type plycraft replacement mechanisms. Member of the american institute for conservation of historic and artistic works. We can repair restore or refinish all aspects of this iconic chair as well as all other eames furniture.