Lounge Chair Metal (LCM Chair)

Lounge Chair Metal (LCM) Side Chair

Designed by Ray and Charles Eames, 1940s

Manufactured by Herman Miller Furniture Company, fall 1946 onward

Zeeland, Michigan

Molded-birch plywood chair with steel rod spine and legs and rubber feet, rubber shock mounts

Floating planes and graceful curves are quintessential elements of midcentury modernism. Two planes of “floating” molded plywood, connected by a thin yet strong steel spine, comprise the Eames LCM chair (lounge chair with metal legs). The slightly curved seat and back reflect a design sensibility cultivated by Ray and Charles Eames during more than five years of experimentation with the capacities of molded plywood.