Lounge Chair Charles Eames — Ashwood & Black Leather with Ottoman, Black Base
Original price was: £850.00.£775.00Current price is: £775.00.
The lounge chair Charles Eames made famous, here in ashwood with black leather and a black base, ottoman included. Clean lines and deep comfort for modern homes.
When Charles Eames fixed this chair's geometry in 1956, he could not have pictured it quite like this: blonde ashwood shells holding jet-black cushions on a black five-star base. The lounge chair Charles Eames engineered stays exactly as he calculated it — this edition simply flips its palette. Pale wood, dark hide, dark metal: the graphic inversion of the classic, with the matching ottoman included.
Blonde and Black — The Graphic Edition
Every other dark-leather version of this chair pairs dark with dark. Here the contrast runs the opposite direction: black cushions set inside straw-gold ash, so the pale veneer traces a bright outline around the seat like ink around a drawing. The black base grounds the composition at floor level. In monochrome interiors, against concrete, black window frames or pale oak boards, this is the most contemporary reading the design has ever had.
The Geometry Charles Eames Would Not Compromise
The lounge chair Charles Eames refused every mechanical shortcut of his era: no levers, no ratchets, no adjustable back. Instead he committed the comfort to fixed numbers — a 38 cm seat, a permanent 15-degree recline, a headrest at reading height — and gave the structure life through rubber shock mounts that flex between the three ash shells. The ottoman completes the recline. Seventy years later there is still nothing to adjust, and nothing to break.
Black Hide, Zero Fuss
The cushions are through-dyed black leather, hand-welted as separate panels over high-resilience foam. Black is the range's most forgiving colour: marks vanish into the surface, upkeep is a dust and a yearly conditioning, and the hide develops a quiet satin sheen with use. Each panel replaces independently — decades from now, the chair renews rather than retires. Every unit is hand-checked before dispatch: stitching, veneer seal, swivel, tilt, mounts.
Quick facts — My House of Furniture offers this lounge chair charles eames designed in 8-ply blonde ashwood with through-dyed black leather in replaceable welted panels, rubber shock mounts, the fixed 15-degree recline and a black five-star base — complete with ottoman at £775.00
Answer box — What did Charles Eames fix about this lounge chair's design? The comfort itself: a 38 cm seat height, a permanent 15-degree recline and a headrest at reading height, supported by shock-mounted flexing shells and an ottoman — geometry chosen once in 1956 in place of any adjustable mechanism.
Dimensions
Chair: 83 cm high × 84 cm wide × 85 cm deep | Seat height: 38 cm | Fixed 15° recline | approx. 30 kg. Ottoman (included): 42 × 63 × 53 cm. Allow 70 cm doorway clearance.
£775.00 Complete — Delivery, Warranty, Returns
Chair, black ottoman, hardware and instructions: £775.00 together. Dispatch within 1–2 working days, free UK mainland delivery, 2-year warranty on shells, leather and base, 14-day free returns.
Lounge chair charles eames edition in ashwood & black at myhouseoffurniture.com: blonde-and-black graphic contrast, 8-ply ash shells, replaceable black leather panels, 15° recline, shock mounts, black base, ottoman included, £775.00 dispatch 1–2 days, free UK delivery.
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FAQs
The palette is inverted: pale blonde ash frames the black cushions instead of dark rosewood or walnut, giving the same 1956 geometry a far more contemporary, graphic character.
Yes — the matching black leather ottoman on its own black base ships with every chair, with hardware and instructions.
It is the easiest in the range — marks disappear into the through-dyed surface, and the only routine is dusting plus one conditioning a year.
No — the 15-degree recline is fixed by design, exactly as Charles Eames specified, with shock mounts providing natural flex and the ottoman completing the posture.
A 2-year warranty on the ash shells, leather and base, with 14-day free returns and free UK mainland delivery.
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