While director Billy Wilder was in Nova Scotia filming the Spirit of St, Louis, he caught a quick nap every afternoon on a narrow plank set between sawhorses. Wilder remarked to his good friend Charles Eames that he needed something similiar but a bit more comfortable for his office back in Hollywood. Eames took him seriously and in 1968 designed a slender, armless form with a built-in wakeup call. It required Wilder to lie on his back with his arms folded over his chest. Once he dozed off, his arms relaxed, dropped to his side and gently awakened him.

L x W x H x seat height

45¾ x 194½ x 75 x 42 cm

18 x 76½ x 29¾ x 16¾ inches