Transportation Leg Splint
Object Details
- Date
- 1942
- Manufacturer
- Evans Products Company, American, 1923 - ca. 1962
- Designer
- Charles Eames, American, 1907–1978
- Ray Kaiser Eames, American, 1912–1988
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Contoured plywood form follows the shape of the back of a leg. Several openings over the length of the splint.
- manufactured in
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Credit Line
- Gift of Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Accession Number
- 1986-99-43
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- leg splint
- Type
- leg splint
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Laminated and molded birch wood
- Dimensions
- L x W x D: 106.7 × 21.6 × 9.5 cm (42 in. × 8 1/2 in. × 3 3/4 in.)
- Metadata Usage
- Not determined
- Record ID
- chndm_1986-99-43
Contoured plywood form follows the shape of the back of a leg. Several openings over the length of the splint.
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