Wire Chair DKW

Charles & Ray Eames, 1951

The Wire Chairs by Charles and Ray Eames echo the form of the Eames Plastic Chairs. The spot-welded wire shell gives the metal chairs their transparent look, while the wooden base of the DKW lends a warm and casual contrast to the essentially technical appearance of the design. The metal components of DKW have a black powder-coated finish; the four wooden legs come in various shades of maple.

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Hopsak (35)Other colours

Checker (1)

01 black / white

Leather/back panel Plano (7)

21/19 dim grey / sierra grey
67/69 asphalt / dark grey
66/66 nero / nero
68/54 chocolate / brown
69/54 marron / brown
71/80 sand / coffee
70/72 red / poppy red

Leather/back panel Leather (1)

72 snow

Leather Premium/back panel Leather Premium (1)

72 snow

Leather Premium/back panel Plano (21)Other colours

64/05 cement / cream white / sierra grey
65/19 granite / sierra grey
60/69 smoke blue / dark grey
59/40 jade / coconut / forest
58/40 khaki / coconut / forest
61/69 umbra grey / dark grey
67/69 asphalt / dark grey
66/66 nero / nero

Seat and base (Wire Chair DKW) (1)

30 basic dark powder-coated (smooth)

Base (DKW) (3)

Material description

Upholstery: unupholstered, with seat cushion or with seat and back pad. Seat and back pads can be removed and reattached; available in Hopsak fabric or leather.
DKW: Dining Height K-Wire Shell Wood-Base
Seat shell: bent and welded steel wire, powder-coated in basic dark.
Base: solid maple with stained finish, steel rod cross struts. Fitted with plastic glides for carpet; felt glides for hard floors optionally available.
Origin of wood: maple (Acer platanoides) from Western Europe and/or Poland.

Product family

Wire Chair

Designed by Charles and Ray Eames out of welded steel wire, the Wire Chair is a variation on the theme of the organically shaped one-piece seat shell, combining transparent lightness with technological sophistication. The seat shell can be combined with a choice of different bases. The Wire Chair is available without upholstery, with a seat cushion or with a two-piece seat and back cushion known as the 'Bikini' pad due to its shape. The Wire Chairs have a powder-coated finish; some models are…

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Charles & Ray Eames

Charles and Ray Eames are counted among the most important figures of twentieth-century design. Their work spans the fields of furniture design, filmmaking, photography and exhibition design. Vitra is the sole authorised manufacturer of Eames products for Europe and the Middle East. When you own an Eames product made by Vitra, you know it is an original.

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