Eames Style EA117 Ribbed Low Back Office Chair, Swivel – Black

Eames Style EA117 Ribbed Low Back Office Chair, Swivel – Black

Some furniture is bought to fill a gap. This is not that. The low back thin pad chair belongs to a lineage of mid-century aluminium seating first drawn up in 1958 — a moment when designers stopped hiding the structure of a chair and started celebrating it. Seventy years on, the silhouette still reads as modern.

The aluminium-framed office chair follows the design language introduced by Charles and Ray Eames in 1958. This is an inspired interpretation of that design, not the licensed original.

Built around a chrome-plated aluminium spine

The side frames are cast in aluminium, then chromed and hand-buffed until the surface holds a true mirror finish. It is a slow process and it shows: light travels along the edges rather than dulling into them. The same treatment carries through to the five-star base, which rolls on five smooth-running castors.

Aluminium keeps the whole thing light enough to reposition with one hand, while giving you a frame that will not flex or complain under daily use.

Comfort that lasts the full working day

The seat and back are formed from a single suspended panel, upholstered in soft black and finished with hand-stitched ribbing that gives the chair its distinctive horizontal seams. Padding is high-resilience urethane foam — the kind that recovers its shape overnight instead of flattening out by month three.

The result is a chair you stop noticing after ten minutes, which is exactly the point. Long meetings, deep-work afternoons, back-to-back calls: you should be thinking about the task, not the seat.

Adjustable to you

• Gas-lift height adjustment, 48–57 cm seat height
• Tilt mechanism with a locking upright position
• Full 360° swivel
• Five twin-wheel castors

Where it works

Home studies, creative agencies, boardrooms, consultation rooms and reception areas. It sits comfortably alongside both walnut and glass, and it photographs well — worth considering if clients come to you.

Also available in a high back version, and in alternative upholstery colours on request. Get in touch if you need something matched to an existing interior scheme.

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