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No it doesn't. That is an ugly chair and your post is spam.

The Eames chair however is lovely. I'm a sucker for that kind of fat, masculine leather. Our desk chair is a contemporary (to Eames) 'inspired' chair - a lot like this but with a one piece back. I reupholstered it in dark gold linen, but I would still jump at the chance to replace it with this.

YES!! And the story is even a good one.

I spotted this chair in an conference room at my old employer. It was just sitting in a corner, unloved. I knew exactly what it was and brainstormed ways to sneak it out of the building unnoticed, but could never get up the courage to actually do so.

One day, I finally asked our moving and storage people if they had any similar chairs that they'd be selling off in our semi-random office furniture sales. They did not. But, coincidently, that very same day it was announced that the conference room would be converted to an office.

I seized the opportunity to ask our facilities manager if I might have the chair. He said sure, though it had to be gone that same day and that, sadly, I'd have to pay for it. I braced myself for the worst...

Amazingly, he sold me the chair for $10. Seriously. I took it home that night -- legally -- and have used it in my office ever since. It's not mint -- there are some rubbed parts on the armrests -- but it's authentic and the most comfortable chair I've ever sat in.

Even with all my garage and estate sale finds, this is by far the best thing I own.

thats awesome!

i dunno. it is certainly a not a bad design, but i think it has been rightfully eclipsed by the eames' other designs. i think it is just too beefy and doesn't possess the grace of many of the other designs they did. yes, the lounge is equally beefy, but it finds a way to be big and sleek all at once.

perhaps it is just too corporate looking. i have an aluminum group management chair in my home. the management chair works in the home as well as it does in the office and it is so beautiful. the executive chair looks a little too corporate (for lack of a better word) to me.

It has been my life-long dream to own this chair ... seriously. It's the first thing I swore I'd buy if I ever came into some money.

really emma? you're on the wrong site trying to sell that fugly buzzillion stuff!

Not horrible looking, but I'd take the Eames Aluminum Group and Softpad chairs over this any day.