Collections: Decorative Arts: Coffee Table with Metal Legs (CTM)

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Coffee Table with Metal Legs (CTM)

• Designers: Charles Eames, American, 1907-1978; Ray Eames, American, born Bernice Alexander Kaiser, 1912-1988
• Manufacturer: Herman Miller Furniture Company
• Medium: Molded plywood, chromed metal, wood, rubber
• Place Manufactured: Zeeland, Michigan, USA
• Dates: Designed 1946; Manufactured 1949-1957
• Dimensions: 15 3/8 x 34 1/8 x 33 3/4 in. (39.1 x 86.7 x 85.7 cm)
• Markings: Affixed to underside of table top near edge, rectangular sticker (half peach, half white) printed: "[in black] Home Sweet Home / Moving & Storage Co., Inc. / [in peach] LOT NO. PIECE NO. / [stamped in black] 7267 104" Affixed to wooden "X" underneath table top, white rectangular sticker, handwritten in ink: "109"
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 1991.261.1
• Credit Line: Gift of Paul F. Walter
• Image: Overall, 1991.261.1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
Charles Eames (American, 1907-1978). Coffee Table with Metal Legs (CTM), Designed 1946; Manufactured 1949-1957. Molded plywood, chromed metal, wood, rubber, 15 3/8 x 34 1/8 x 33 3/4 in. (39.1 x 86.7 x 85.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1991.261.1 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1991.261.1.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: "CTM" coffee table with molded plywood top supported by four chromed metal legs. Round table top has large shallow depression in center and flat rim (resembles a dinner plate). Tubular legs are bent and soldered together to form flat X-shaped support for table top; bolted to wooden "X" painted black that is glued to underside of tabletop. Legs terminate in round disk feet with black rubber collars. CONDITION: Good; few small marks in table top; all-over corrosion on legs, one foot has fallen off (but is preserved).