2008 42c Eames, Folding Table
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U.S. #4333e
Charles and Ray Eames
Wire-base Table
Issue Date: June 17, 2008
City: Santa Monica, CA
Charles and Ray Eameses’ Wire-Base Table was designed in 1950. The table was just one of the products which resulted from the couple’s interest in designing with new materials that would be affordable to mass-produce.
In the late 1940s, the Eameses noticed all the “fantastic things being made of wire.” This led them to develop a technique of simultaneously welding wire rods for mass-production. Using the wire technique, the Eameses designed a variety of products that included chairs, storage units, and tables.
The Wire-Base Table was one of the designs that resulted from the Eameses’ interest in wire construction. Tabletops were made of seven layers of Baltic birch plywood, beveled at 20 degrees, so each layer was visible. Tops were finished with ash veneer or a high-pressure laminate in black or white. On one known occasion, the Eameses used their lightweight, 10-inch-high Wire-Base Table to serve a traditional Japanese tea in a ceremony called chanoyu. Those guests included sculptor Isamu Noguchi and film star Charlie Chaplin.
In 2008, the Eames Wire-Base Table was featured on a 42¢ stamp, one of a pane of 16 issued by the U.S. Postal Service to honor the contributions of Charles and Ray Eames to American design.
U.S. #4333e
Charles and Ray Eames
Wire-base Table
Issue Date: June 17, 2008
City: Santa Monica, CA
Charles and Ray Eameses’ Wire-Base Table was designed in 1950. The table was just one of the products which resulted from the couple’s interest in designing with new materials that would be affordable to mass-produce.
In the late 1940s, the Eameses noticed all the “fantastic things being made of wire.” This led them to develop a technique of simultaneously welding wire rods for mass-production. Using the wire technique, the Eameses designed a variety of products that included chairs, storage units, and tables.
The Wire-Base Table was one of the designs that resulted from the Eameses’ interest in wire construction. Tabletops were made of seven layers of Baltic birch plywood, beveled at 20 degrees, so each layer was visible. Tops were finished with ash veneer or a high-pressure laminate in black or white. On one known occasion, the Eameses used their lightweight, 10-inch-high Wire-Base Table to serve a traditional Japanese tea in a ceremony called chanoyu. Those guests included sculptor Isamu Noguchi and film star Charlie Chaplin.
In 2008, the Eames Wire-Base Table was featured on a 42¢ stamp, one of a pane of 16 issued by the U.S. Postal Service to honor the contributions of Charles and Ray Eames to American design.