Coffee Table

Charles Eames American, 1907 - 1978

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About the Artwork

Coffee Table

ca. 1946

Charles Eames

1907 - 1978

American

Unknown

Birch and formica

Overall: 15 1/2 × 35 × 24 inches (39.4 × 88.9 × 61 cm)

Furniture

Contemporary Art after 1950

Gift of the Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library

82.46

Courtesy of Eames Foundation

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Published References

Herman Miller Furniture Company. The Collection of Molded Plywood Furniture Designed by Charles Eames. Zeeland, Michigan, 1955.

Drexler, Arthur. Furniture from the Design Collection, Museum of Modern Art. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1973 (ill.).

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Charles Eames, Coffee Table, ca. 1946, birch and Formica. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library, 82.46.

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