Designed by the Eames brothers, the chair is part of a series of chairs and is made of molded glass-fibre reinforced polyester resin in 1950 as the first mass-produced plastic chair in the history of furniture.
The Eames Plastic Chairs also introduced a new furniture typology that has since become widespread: the multifunctional chair whose shell can be joined with a variety of different bases to serve diverse purposes.
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