Leg Splint

• Artist: Charles Eames (Designer)
• Medium: Plywood
• Geographical Location: Venice, California, United States
• Dates: designed 1941-1942; manufactured 1943-1945
• Dimensions: 42 x 4 1/4 x 8 in. (106.7 x 10.8 x 20.3 cm)
• Markings: Branded on inside section behind ankle: "S2-1790"; stamped in green on outside near top: "MOLDED PLYWOOD DIVISION / LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA / patent pending [...] EAMES [...]"; circular logo containing "EVANS PRODUCTS COMPANY" around circle, and crisscrossing in center: "EVANS / EVANS"
• Signature: no signature
• Inscriptions: no inscriptions
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5Q12-LUCE, Unit 9, Shelf F
• Accession Number: 83.156
• Image: 83.156_transp2760.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,

Catalogue Description:
Long piece of plywood molded to the human leg, flaring out at the top to fit against the buttocks and tapering in at the bottom to support the lower leg and foot. Numerous rectangular cut-out sections to allow for ties to secure leg to splint. CONDITION: Good. No finishing solution was applied to surface. Some splits in surface due to normal production.