The Eames Lounge Chair was always expensive

A misconception I've seen with some frequency is that the Eames Lounge Chair started out as an affordable piece of furniture that only over time became a luxury good. While Ray and Charles Eames typically designed mass-produced, affordable furniture, the Eames Lounge Chair was explicitly a high-end product from its introduction in 1956. If you actually look at old Herman Miller price lists ,…