The Plywood Elephant occupies a prominent place among the plywood pieces designed by the Eames. In the early 1940s, Charles & Ray Eames successfully developed an innovative method for shaping plywood into three-dimensional forms, which they used to produce a wide range of furniture and sculptural objects. Among the early plywood designs, the Elephant is one of the most difficult to produce. Narrow angles and compound curves require a sophisticated mastery of plywood technology. Designed at the same time as their children's furniture, the Plywood Elephant can also be seen as a playful counterpart to the leg splints developed by the Eames for military applications - which were the first mass-produced objects made of three-dimensionally molded plywood.
Requiring complex manufacturing methods, the Plywood Elephant was never put into production. Only two prototypes were made, both exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1945-46. Today, only one known model remains in the possession of the Eames Family. In 2007, Vitra produced the first commercial production of the legendary Eames Plywood Elephant as a limited collector's edition.
Eames Elephant Miniature
269,40 €
Estimated delivery between 4-6 weeks
The Plywood Elephant occupies a prominent place among the plywood pieces designed by the Eames. In the early 1940s, Charles & Ray Eames successfully developed an innovative method for shaping plywood into three-dimensional forms, which they used to produce a wide range of furniture and sculptural objects. Among the early plywood designs, the Elephant is one of the most difficult to produce. Narrow angles and compound curves require a sophisticated mastery of plywood technology. Designed at the same time as their children's furniture, the Plywood Elephant can also be seen as a playful counterpart to the leg splints developed by the Eames for military applications - which were the first mass-produced objects made of three-dimensionally molded plywood.
Requiring complex manufacturing methods, the Plywood Elephant was never put into production. Only two prototypes were made, both exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1945-46. Today, only one known model remains in the possession of the Eames Family. In 2007, Vitra produced the first commercial production of the legendary Eames Plywood Elephant as a limited collector's edition.
Length: 13cm
Width: 6,9cm
Height: 6,9cm
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