Eames Pacific Palisades Coffee Table Primary Documents series The silver-finished steel base is

The silver-finished steel base is weighted to keep the luminous cylinder stable

Made of sustainably grown rubberwood

He’s known for his attention to the practical details of design

while its curved rail acts as a footrest

A polymath and shape-shifter

Eames Pacific Palisades Coffee Table Primary Documents series The silver-finished steel base isA reintroduction of the coffee table that Charles and Ray Eames designed in 1949 for their Pacific Palisades home, this square coffee table features a wooden base with metal cross struts reminiscent of the wood dowel option on Eames shell chairs. Working closely with the Eames office, Herman Miller, a manufacturer in MoMAs collection, replaced the original, gilded rectangular top with more practical materials like this square walnut option. The dowel