Key facts

Product:
Speaker
Manufacturer:
Wright
Architonic ID:
4104432
Launched:
1956
Country:
United States

Product description

Plywood, aluminum, plastic, saran cloth
29.75"w x 13.25"d x 28"h
This speaker was the first rotating directional speaker offered to the public. The saran cloth cover of the Eames speaker was used as the upholstery on the first examples of the Aluminum Outdoor group seating. The Eames base on this speaker was initially utilized as the base for the rotating ottoman of the 1956 version of the Eames 670 lounge chair. All original example with original Stephens components. Manufacturer's paper label on back.
Exhibited: Eames Connections, San Francisco Airport Museum, 2001
Eames Design, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and Suntory Museum, Osaka, 2001-2002, Japan