Herman Miller Prototype Eames Chair Raffle to Benefit Friends of Ferndale Library
(FFPL Press Release, Sept. 9, 2014)
Only 250 tickets will be sold! Get yours now!
Why?
Herman Miller’s Director of Corporate Communications, Mark Schurman has generously donated a prototype of the recently released Eames Molded Wood side chair to the Ferndale Public Library to raffle and use the funds to support the library’s general fund.
The Chair
The chair is a prototype of the recently released Eames Molded Wood side chair with the Santos Palisander veneer. This is a new material variation on an earlier Eames design form used in their plastic chairs (1948), through
a new technology that allows the wood to be molded in deep convex and concave shapes that weren’t possible before. The veneer is the darker, more dramatic grain veneer shown above and in some of the photos in this link. The chair is labeled on the underside as a prototype. This chair is meant for collectors and Mark Schurman recommends that the chair not be for general use as it may not bear weight over time.
a new technology that allows the wood to be molded in deep convex and concave shapes that weren’t possible before. The veneer is the darker, more dramatic grain veneer shown above and in some of the photos in this link. The chair is labeled on the underside as a prototype. This chair is meant for collectors and Mark Schurman recommends that the chair not be for general use as it may not bear weight over time.Herman Miller made a few dozen of these chairs for use at Art Basel in Miami. The raffle winner will receive the 
chair and the providence. The retail price of the production chair is $900.
chair and the providence. The retail price of the production chair is $900.The Raffle
Each ticket is $20. Tickets are available for purchase at the Ferndale Public Library circulation desk during normal library hours, and from select Friends of the Ferndale Library board members.
Only 250 tickets will be sold, period.
License #R28202
The raffle drawing will take place on October 1 at 7:00pm. You need not be present to win. The winner will be contacted by phone.
For more info go to http://ferndalefriends.org/eames-chair-raffle/.