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The one of a kind, custom-made Eames
The DKR-2 by Ray & Charles Eames
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This unusual, very colourful Eames ‚Bikini‘ wire chair is a custom-made product, uniquely manufactured by Vitra according to the individual wishes of a client in the early 1980s. Interestingly, when such custom-made products are produced, the company always makes two of them. Just as a precaution, if something goes wrong in the process and the commissioned object has a flaw in the lacquer or something similar.
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In this case, after the delivery of the customed chair, the second one, now redundant, found a new home with a Vitra employee because both chairs were perfect. And from there, more than 30 years later, it found its way to antibeige.
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Furthermore, we got the information that the chair had been given the nickname „Harlequin“ due to its colourful design: white feet, the eiffel base in delicate yellow, the wire shell in light blue lacquer, the bikini in orange-red hopsack fabrics, attached with wire. So, if you’re searching for a bit of fun in your surroundings, let the Harlequin entertain you.
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