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Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen
cabinets and bench from the Organic Design competition
cabinets and bench from the Organic Design competition
Red Lion Furniture Company
USA, c. 1940
walnut, glass 35½ h × 72 w × 18 d in (90 × 183 × 46 cm)
USA, c. 1940
walnut, glass 35½ h × 72 w × 18 d in (90 × 183 × 46 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $4,500
A two cabinet and bench set that can be used together or separately. This design earned Eames and Saarinen a first prize for living room furniture design at the Museum of Modern Art's Organic Design competition in 1940.
literature: Vital Forms: American Art and Design in the Atomic Age 1940-1960, Lehman, pg. 171 illustrates form in situ at the Organic Design exhibition