Eames chair
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- noun
- /iːmz tʃɛr/
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silla Eames
- The museum's collection includes an original Eames chair from the 1940s.
Examples
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Many designers admire the ergonomic shape of the classic Eames chair.
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She bought a replica Eames chair to add a modern touch to her living room.
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I love my new Eames chair!
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The Eames chair fits perfectly in my living room.
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The Eames chair is known for its ergonomic design and timeless appeal, making it a popular choice for modern interiors.
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In her living room, she displayed a stylish Eames chair that perfectly matched the decor.
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Many designers admire the Eames chair for its blend of form and function, which has influenced furniture making for decades.
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Morphology
Eames + chair
Formally the phrase is compositional (a proper name + noun), so a learner can infer it denotes a chair associated with someone named Eames. However, the specific sense—an iconic molded-plywood design by Charles Eames with particular stylistic features—is not derivable from the constituents alone unless the learner already knows the designer, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Eames chair is named after designers Charles and Ray Eames, who made a new kind of chair by bending thin sheets of wood into a curved form that fits the body. That's why Eames chair now means a stylish, comfortable 'modern' chair.