Eames Institute / Collector's Circle
On May 30, 2026 a group of Eames collectors convened at the Eames Institute in Richmond, California. Lovingly called the Eames Geek meeting by some. Needless to say, there was a lot of looking under chairs. The collection has 40,000 objects and counting. Only a fraction of it is on display. In fact, only a couple thousand have been cataloged up to this point. Some pieces have yet to be moved from remote storage facilities. Daniel Ostroff , The Dr. Pratapaditya Pal Chief Scholar, took us on a tour of the collection. This is not your average DCM connection. Time-Life Chair in a bronze finish. The glides are also bronze. For the shell nuts. Custom glitter vinyl. The Eames office had to approve all the fiberglass colors before they went into production. Here is the sample from July 25, 1952. Paper prototype for a side shell. One of the few places prototypes are truly prototypes. I mean, PROTO-TYPES. Prototype for the gold-leaf covered dowel base table at The Eames House. 670 w...