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Plywood During the War

Small Leg Splint Sculpture

Ray Eames

1943

The striking brown form shares a visual language with the Eameses’ logo design for their company at this time, the Molded Plywood Division of the Evans Products Company. This piece, cut with a scroll saw and then stained brown, is one of only three known splint sculptures. The design suggests it was meant to be suspended, like a mobile.

  • Medium:Mahogany
  • Dimensions:2 3/4 x 6 x 15 in. (7 x 15.2 x 38.1 cm)
  • Item:2019.2.32