very very jealous 🙂 to me this looks like the perfect chair to enjoy music from ....

Very nice indeed!  Glass of wine in one hand, beo-remote in the other.  Just lie back!

Lovely chair and worth the wait!

i waited a decade for my dream chair from when I was a design student in the eighties!

Did you go for the Herman Miller or the Vitra version?

I never knew there was an element of snobbery in them.  Apparently the Herman Miller is the most authentic - and the Vitra plays second fiddle, even though it's more expensive!

I managed to get an unused Vitra, with the Ottoman, from a guy on eBay who's partner had bought it for him literally a couple of days before they broke up. He just wanted rid of it, so I got it for £1,200 - along with the receipt for £5,500 from Harrods dated a week earlier!!

I'd always wanted one - and waited a long time for the original.  I'm very excited for you! 🙂

Lee

I've had my eye on one of those for a long time as well. The prices are through the roof for an original Eames chair. It is going to look right at home surrounded by your vintage B&O gear. Great purchase.

John

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I'd always wanted one - and waited a long time for the original.  I'm very excited for you! 🙂

Nothing that sophisticated Lee, I think it is a Chinese knock off, cost delivered to my home USD 690.00 so I dont expect too much from it, a Mexican furniture dealer started to bring them last year. will report when it is here

Congratulations! To my eyes this has always been about the most beautiful lounge chair, and such a complete icon of mid-century design. Unfortunately for me, I just don't fit that well in it, it's a bit too short in the back although the seat and ottoman are fine. Hits me at the wrong part of the neck no mater how I play with it, and that was with the Herman Miller one not a knock off. Though there are some knock offs that are quite good, perhaps as good as an original.

I also lust after a Noguchi coffee table, still may go that route eventually.

Congrats on your chair !.. I had a passion for this chair and all Eames related things long before my passion for B&O. I'm a purist, so I got the real Herman Miller one, vintage from 1982, in brazilian rosewood.

It's been hard to decide on getting a new one or a vintage one. Don't know after all this time if it was a good choice or not: yes it's beautiful and it has a fabulous value. But no one's allowed to sit in but me (and still)! That's why it's in the bedroom now. Here's my bedroom setup, showing off...

Guillaume

Meanwhile I prefer the Dodo by Cassina

http://www.cassina.com/de/collezione/poltrone-e-divani/k10-dodo

I chose red fabric.

Nearly comfortable as my speedmachine by hpvelotechnik 😕