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Beinschiene
Leg splint
Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Foto: LVR-ZMB - A. Hiller/ARTOTHEK

Leg splint, from 1943

DesignCharles Eames , Saint Louis 1907–1978 Saint Louis
DesignRay Eames, Sacramento 1912–1988 Los Angeles
ManufacturerEvans Products, founded 1980
MediumMolded wood
(H x W x D)106 × 19,5 × 10 cm
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
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