NEW YORK An elegant yet comfy piece of furniture developed 50 years ago is hitting the road in a museum show called, "The Eames Lounge Chair, an Icon of Modern Design."
The chair's stuffed, leather cushion sits on a laminated wooden seat atop a five-legged metal base. It also has an ottoman.
Manufacturer Herman Miller in Zeeland has sold more than 100-thousand of the lounge model since it was introduced on T-V in March 1956.
The museum show illustrates how the chair was developed. Included are laminated wood splints that Charles Eames designed for the Navy. There are also various sketches and doodles by Eames' wife. And there's a prototype that was never manufactured.
The exhibition will make stops at museums in Grand Rapids and Dearborn.
Admission to the Museum of Arts and Design is $9 for adults and $7 for children; it's pay-what-you-wish on Thursday evenings from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The show runs there until Sept. 3. It will be at the Grand Rapids museum from Oct 6 to Dec. 31 and at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., on Feb. 3-April 29, 2007.
Interior Design 
NEW YORK An elegant yet comfy piece of furniture developed 50 years ago is hitting the road in a museum show called, "The Eames Lounge Chair, an Icon of Modern Design."