Calling all recent Eames Lounge Chair purchasers
I’m close to pulling the trigger on an Eames Lounge with the palisander shell. I got to look at one in person at a local HM retailer and liked the floor model. However, I also went to a DWR, and the floor model there in palisander was significantly lighter — it wasn’t anywhere near the sample the rep had. He said that over the last two years or so, all the palisander chairs they’ve sold have been this lighter shade. I’m aware that there will be variation in the wood grain and color tones, but this is concerning as I was really hoping for that darker, richer wood color. (I don’t know how old the floor model was at HM.)
So for all current owners of an Eames Lounge in palisander, who bought one in the last couple years, would you mind weighing in here, maybe with a photo of your chair and the year you got it? Did you feel like the delivered chair matched the sample you saw?
I’m worried that within the last year or so that HM actually changed rosewood suppliers and the chairs are being produced with a lighter shade.