Wire Chair DKX

Charles & Ray Eames, 1951

The Wire Chair DKX by Charles and Ray Eames is optionally available with a seat cushion or a two-piece seat and back cushion – the so-called 'Bikini' pad – covered in leather or fabric. The comfortable, iconic chair not only adds a striking accent to living spaces, but also makes a statement in gardens and terraces in the version with a powder-coated finish.

Configurator

Hopsak (28)Other colours

Seat and base (Wire Chair DKR, DKX) (2)

Seat and base (Wire Chair DKX, In- & Outdoor) (1)

30 basic dark powder-coated (smooth)

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

Leather/back panel Plano (7)

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

Leather/back panel Leather (1)

72 snow

Leather Premium/back panel Leather Premium (1)

72 snow

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.
DKX: Dining Height K-Wire Shell X-Base
Seat shell: bent and welded steel wire, chrome-plated or powder-coated. The powder-coated version is suitable for outdoor use.
Base: four-legged tubular steel base, surface finish matched to seat shell. Fitted with plastic glides for carpet; felt glides for hard floors optionally available.

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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