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In 1950, Charles and Ray Eames and the Eames Office began investigating bent steel wire and various welding techniques
as a basis for a new kind of furniture. After much experimentation, they molded a wire shell seat using cross-woven steel
wires and mounted it on a bent-wire base.
Thus, the Eames® wire chair, known as the Herman Miller DKR -- Dining height, K-wire shell, Rod iron base -- came to be.
The sculptured look of the DKR wire chair made it an instant classic, and the innovative design won Charles and Ray the first
ever American mechanical patent for design.
In May of 2004, we launched eamesbikini.com to provide Eames enthusiasts and modern collectors with authentic reproductions of the brilliantly designed seat cushion known as "the bikini." Eamesbikini seat cushions consist of a seat bottom and back pad that ties in the middle and securely fits the body of the Eames-designed Herman Miller wire-shell chair.
Eamesbikini's popular Solids collection of seat cushion fabrics focuses on simplicity and the joy of color. These seat cushions -- subtle, sophisticated, and classically constructed -- are made from 100% natural wool fibers by the Danish textile company Kvadrat™ and are available in hundreds of colors, ten of which are featured online.
In addition to the Solids collection, eamesbikini features a premium line of over a dozen patterns from the M|A|H|A|R|A|M® Textiles of the 20th Century™ collection that feature mid-century design patterns from the likes of Alexander Girard, Verner Panton, George Nelson and, of course, Charles and Ray Eames.
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