Wire Chair DKR

Charles & Ray Eames, 1951

Designed by Charles and Ray Eames, the seat shell of the Wire Chair echoes the form of the Eames Plastic Side Chair. Mounted on the legendary 'Eiffel Tower' base, the DKR combines transparency and functionality. The version with a powder-coated finish is also suited for use in the garden or on the terrace. The DKR chair is optionally available with a seat cushion or with a two-piece seat and back cushion covered in fabric or leather.

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Configurator

Hopsak (28)Other colours

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

Seat and base (Wire Chair DKR, In- & Outdoor) (3)

Leather/back panel Plano (7)

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

73/70 clay/stone
64/05 cement/ cream white/sierra grey
65/19 granite/sierra grey
60/69 smoke blue/dark grey
61/69 umbra grey/dark grey
66/66 nero/nero
68/54 chocolate/brown
77/54 brown/brown

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.
DKR: Dining Height K-Wire Shell R-Wire 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 base with cross struts, 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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