HOUSE OF CARDS
The Eames Office produced five different versions of the House of Cards. The small house of cards is the original, made in 1952. It had two decks: the Picture deck and the Pattern deck. From a set of selections from the Pattern and Picture deck, this medium House of Cards was made by Charles and Ray. The images are of what Eameses called "good stuff", chosen to celebrate "familiar and nostalgic objects from the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms". The six slots on each card enable the player to interlock the cards so as to build structures of myriad shapes and sizes. There was also a Giant House of Cards (1953), a Computer House of Cards (1970) and a Newton House of Cards for the 1974 Nobel Laureates.

Giant House of Cards

A new version the classic Eames toy,
The House of Cards
20 cards in a box
11 inches by 7 inches

$65.00

Medium House of Cards (Blue cover)

Based on the original Eames "Picture Deck" manufactured for the Eames Office in conjunction with the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
32 cards in a box
6.87 inches by 4.87 inches

$50.00

Textile House of Cards

There are 3 different covers - the dot pattern, the crosspatch patters and the circles patter - though the cards inside are the same. The 32 cards display Eames fabrics made by Maharam.
32 cards in a box
3.75 inches by 2.37 inches

$18.50

STATIONERY ITEMS

Wire Chairs Notebook

Made from a translucent polyvinyl plastic, with the classic image of the Wire Chairs with the Black Bird.
Available in three colours: Orange, Purple or Clear.
9½ inches by 13 inches.

$25.00

Wire Chairs Journal Book (Large)

Made from a translucent polyvinyl plastic, with the classic image of the Wire Chairs with the Black Bird.
Available in three colours: Orange, Purple or Clear.
6 inches by 8 inches.

$12.50

Wire Chairs Journal Book (Small)

Made from a translucent polyvinyl plastic, with the classic image of the Wire Chairs with the Black Bird.
Available in three colours: Orange, Purple or Clear.
3 inches by 4 inches.

$7.50

Fibreglass Chairs Journal Book (Large)

Made from a translucent polyvinyl plastic,
with the fun Fibreglass Chairs pattern.
6 inches by 8 inches.

$16.50

Fibreglass Chairs Journal Book (Small)

Made from a translucent polyvinyl plastic,
with the fun Fibreglass Chairs pattern.
3 inches by 4 inches.

$7.50

DCW mousepad

shows the specification drawings
for the DCW chair (1945)
9½ inches by 8 inches

$27.50

POSTCARDS

Introduction Postcard Book

Charles Eames once said that taking pictures was like having your cake and eating it too; you got the pleasure of the moment, of taking the picture, and you got the pleasure of sharing it later. The images in this book of postcards are selected from about 330,000 colour slides taken by Charles and Ray and others at the Eames Office.

$15.00

Chairs Postcard Book

Includes the most famous Eames designs - the DCM, LCW, the wire chairs, the aluminium group, the fibreglass chairs, and the Eames Lounge and Ottoman

$15.00

House Postcard Book

Selected from 300 colour slides shot by Charles Eames during the first 5 years that he and Ray were living in the Eames House - considered one of the most important post-war residences in the world - designed and built from off-the-shelf industrial materials as part of Arts and Architecture magazine's Case Study House Program

$15.00

POSTERS AND PRINTS

Poster: The Gifted Eye of Charles Eames

A poster depicting the 100 images from the exhibition "The Gifted Eye of Charles Eames, a Portfolio of 100 images." The exhibit was created in honour of Charles Eames' 100th birthday. This centennial celebratory exhibition reveals a side of Charles Eames that many have not seen: his eye and his gift for photography.

$25.00

Print: Wire Chair with Bird

$8.50

Print: Detail of DCW Chair

$8.50

Print: Exploding Lounge Chair

$8.50

Print: Folding Tables

$8.50

Print: DCM chair production line

$8.50

Print: 16 prototype chairs

$8.50

all items manufactured under licence of the estate of Ray and Charles Eames for

The Eames Office
850 Pico Boulevard
Santa Monica, California, 90405
United States of America

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see also: Twentieth Century Designers - Charles and Ray Eames