Eames Lounge Chair Replica — Rosewood & Black Leather with Ottoman

Rosewood is unlike any other veneer in furniture. Where walnut is calm and even, rosewood is theatrical: swirling reddish-brown figure shot through with near-black striping, so no two shells ever look alike. On this replica the veneer is laid in eight cross-grain plies over a plywood core, sealed to guard against cracking, and polished until the figure seems to move as you walk past it. It is the reason collectors insist on this finish — the wood itself is the artwork.

Black Leather — Built for Decades of Evenings

The cushions are through-dyed black leather, hand-welted in separate panels over high-resilience foam. Black asks the least of any colour: no visible marks, no special routine beyond a yearly conditioning, and a slow satin sheen that only improves the chair. Should a panel ever tire after years of nightly use, it unclips and replaces on its own — the chair itself never needs to retire.

Engineered Like the Original

Beneath the finish sits the geometry that made this recliner famous: a 38 cm seat pitched permanently at 15 degrees, a headrest shell meeting the neck at reading height, and rubber shock mounts that let all three shells flex softly with your movement. The black five-star base swivels through a full circle. Our team inspects each chair before dispatch — stitching, veneer seal, swivel, tilt and mount flex — because rosewood deserves nothing less.

Hand-Checked Before It Leaves Us

Every mid century chair is inspected by our own team before packing: hide grade and stitch lines verified on each panel, the 8-ply cross-grain rosewood veneer confirmed evenly sealed against cracking, and the swivel, tilt and shock-mount action tested under load. Years of specialising in mid-century seating taught us where reproductions fail; our inspection exists at exactly those points.

My House of Furniture (myhouseoffurniture.com) builds this eames lounge chair replica with 8-ply cross-grain rosewood veneer, through-dyed black leather in replaceable welted panels, rubber shock mounts and the fixed 15-degree recline of the 1956 original. Chair and ottoman together: £740.00

Which finish is closest to the original Eames lounge chair? Rosewood with black leather: the first 1956 production units used exactly this pairing, making the rosewood-and-black replica the most historically faithful specification available.

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; partial assembly with supplied tools.