Leg splint, from 1943

DesignCharles Eames , Saint Louis 1907–1978 Saint Louis

DesignRay Eames, Sacramento 1912–1988 Los Angeles

ManufacturerEvans Products, founded 1980

Molded wood

(H x W x D)106 × 19,5 × 10 cm

Place of originLos Angeles

Status

on display, room 025

About the workIn 1941, the American designer couple Ray Kaiser and Charles Eames married and founded their own Eames Office shortly afterwards. During the war years, they made leg braces for the US Army. Unlike the steel supports commonly used until that point, their splints were very light and flexible due to the material – laminated wood that was heated and moulded. Before the war, the Eameses had developed a process for compression-moulded plywood with the designer Eero Saarinen. Beginning in 1942, the US military purchased more than 150,000 of the splints.

AccessionAcquisition 1990

Provenance[...]; 6.12.1990 angekauft von der Galerie Extra, Berlin

Inventory numberP 1990-47

Contact

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