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Charles Eames (designer)
Ray Eames (designer)
Evans Products Company, Michigan, Grand Haven (manufacturer)
Leg splint (1943)
Mahogany (Swietenia sp.) plywood
106.2 × 20.4 × 10.6 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Supporters of Decorative Arts, 2021
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Charles EAMES (designer), Ray EAMES (designer), EVANS PRODUCTS COMPANY, Michigan, Grand Haven (manufacturer)
Leg splint
(1943)
Medium
Mahogany (Swietenia sp.) plywood
Measurements
106.2 × 20.4 × 10.6 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Supporters of Decorative Arts, 2021
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Charles and Ray Eames were seminal architect-designers of the postwar era. Working in creative partnership, they were responsible for major contributions to the fields of architecture, furniture and industrial design. During the Second World War they were commissioned by the US Navy to design a lightweight, inexpensive leg splint for wounded service personnel, having already experimented with moulded plywood technology in their studio. The splint’s lightweight, stackable form made it easy to transport in the field. With the Eameses’ access to military technology and facilities, the leg splint became their first industrial design to be mass-produced, and by 1945 over 150,000 had been made.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Grand Haven, Michigan, United States
Inscription
branded (vertically) l.c.: S2–1790
stamped (vertically) in blue ink on rear u.l.: EVANS PRODUCTS / E / V / EVANS / N / S (in a cross) / COMPANY (all in a double circle) MOULDED PLYWOOD DIVISION / LOS ANGELES / CALIFORNIA / (…illeg.)
Accession Number
2021.14
Department
International Decorative Arts