Coffee Table, Model CTW

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Designer Charles Eames (American, 1907–1978)American, 1907–1978

Designer Ray Kaiser Eames (American, 1913–1988)American, 1913–1988

ManufacturerManufactured by Evans Products Company, Molded Plywood Division(American, active 1919–1947)American, active 1919–1947

DistributorDistributed by Herman Miller Furniture Company(American, established 1923)American, established 1923

CultureAmerican

Titles

Coffee Table, Model CTW

DateDesigned 1946, manufactured c. 1950–1960

MediumPlywood, metal, and paint

Dimensions15 1/2 × 34 in. diameter (39.4 × 86.4 cm diameter)

Credit LineBequest of William F. Stern

Object number2013.661

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Object Type

FURNITURE

ProvenanceWilliam F. Stern; bequeathed to MFAH, 2013.
Published References Eidelberg, Martin, ed. Design 1935-1965. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1991. Greenberg, Cara. Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s. New York: Harmony Books, 1984. Gordon, John Stuart. A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Gallery 1920-1950 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), 392-393, catalog no. 277. Hanks, David. Innovative Furniture in America from 1800 to the Present. New York: Horizon Press, 1981. Neuhart, John, Marilyn Neuhart, and Ray Eames. Eames design : the work of the office of Charles and Ray Eames. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1989. Piña, Leslie. Fifties Furniture. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1996. Stern, Bill. “War and Peace: Unexpected Dividends” in Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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