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The Womb set is the fruit of the joint labours of Eero Saarinen and the unavoidable Charles Eames.The prototype of this armchair and its footrest were prized during the “Organis design in furnishing” contest organised by the prestigious MOMA in 1940 before being edited in 1948.
In 1929, Eero Saarinen enrolled at Cranbrook Academy in Michigan to study architecture and industrial design, where he worked under the guidance of his father, Eliel Saarinen. There he met Charles Eames, who would become an important collaborator and friend. In the 1930s, he collaborated with his fa...
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