Golden Eames Side Chair

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For all you gold fans out there: the Eames Side Chair with a Midas touch.

Original Eames fiberglass chair colors

There are lots of Eames knock-offs out there these days, many of which are made from...horror of all horrors...plastic. In our house, plastic is reserved for children's toys (in limited quantities), coke bottles and forgotten objects soon to be removed as part of our house-wideIkea cleanse.

Eames reproductions aren't always necessarily cheap either, like this one, likely made in China and still going for £303 at the Conran Shop. Or this Vitra one selling for 309€ on German website Einrichten-design. Or this one available on the Design within Reach (DWR) website for $399.

The original Eames shells were all made of fiberglass. One good way to tell the difference between a repro and the real deal is by checking the color against the original Eames fiberglass color palette. For example, this "aqua-sky" color one on Design Within Reach: pastel and plastic, plastic, plastic.

Now let's have a look at the original Eames fiberglass color chart:

{Image courtesy of eamesoffice.com}

So far we have managed to collect: Ochre light, Navy Blue, Greige, Parchment, Sea Foam Green (one of my faves), Medium Blue and Lemon Yellow (which I find a bit too "vintage" for my taste).

I have to admit that I am loving the pink, but so far have only been able to find these on Modern50, but at $1,050 per pop, I can probably live without.

Which colors are your favorites?

These are the ones

We're not the first to take a fancy to the Eames DSW Side Chairs.

They've been featured in countless design magazines and blogs. In fact, they are becoming so commonplace in the average Parisien Bourgeois apartment that we fear they will start losing their allure. But not just yet.

As for us, we first stumbled across these gems in this article featured in Elle Deco magazine. This was the picture that did us in:

Our kitchen is also modern with a similar color scheme (lots of black and white) so we loved the idea of all of the different contrasts.