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Ray Eames
born Sacramento, CA 1912-died Los Angeles, CA 1988
Person
Charles Eames
born St. Louis, MO 1907-died St. Louis, MO 1978
Person
Charles Eames, Ray Eames, Leg Splint, 1942, plywood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Harish K. Patel in memory of his father Khodabhai C. Patel, 2001.19
Leg Splint
1942

Husband-and-wife team Charles and Ray Eames joined the war effort during World War II by entering into a contract with the U.S. Navy to develop a lightweight molded plywood leg splint.

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Ray Kaiser
active 1930s-1940s
Person
Thomas Hucker, Low Table, 1985, mixed media: wood, bronze, and waxed linen string, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Bebe Pritam Johnson, Warren Eames Johnson and Peter T. Joseph, 1991.131A-C
Artwork
Media - 2016.11 - SAAM-2016.11_6 - 124929
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery
Closing March 6, 2022
Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, featuring more than 80 objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world.
Exhibition
The Smithsonian American Art Museum logo in black.
Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces 2017 – 2018 Fellowship Appointments
May 8, 2017
The Smithsonian American Art Museum will host 16 new fellows for the 2017–2018 academic year. The museum’s program grants awards for scholars and students to pursue research at the museum, including senior, predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships.
  • Smithsonian American Art Museum
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