Ray Eames
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Ray Eames was an influential American designer and artist best known for her groundbreaking furniture, industrial, and graphic design work created in partnership with her husband Charles Eames, which helped define mid-century modern style.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ray Eames canonical | 21 |
| Bernice Alexandra Kaiser Eames | 1 |
| Eames | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9135341 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ray Eames Context triple: [Mid-century modern architecture, hasNotableArchitect, Ray Eames]
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A.
Charles Eames
Charles Eames was an influential American designer and architect best known for his innovative furniture designs and contributions to mid-century modern design alongside his wife, Ray Eames.
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B.
Eames Demetrios
Eames Demetrios is an American filmmaker, author, and geographer of the fictional "Kcymaerxthaere" project, known for his work in storytelling, design, and public art installations.
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C.
Florence Knoll
Florence Knoll was an influential American architect and designer who revolutionized modern corporate interiors and co-led the Knoll furniture company’s rise to prominence in mid-20th-century design.
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D.
Alexander Girard
Alexander Girard was a prominent 20th-century American designer known for his vibrant, folk-inspired modernist textiles, interiors, and furniture, particularly for Herman Miller.
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E.
Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen was a Finnish-American architect renowned for his innovative, sculptural modernist designs, including landmarks such as the Gateway Arch in St. Louis and the TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ray Eames Target entity description: Ray Eames was an influential American designer and artist best known for her groundbreaking furniture, industrial, and graphic design work created in partnership with her husband Charles Eames, which helped define mid-century modern style.
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A.
Charles Eames
Charles Eames was an influential American designer and architect best known for his innovative furniture designs and contributions to mid-century modern design alongside his wife, Ray Eames.
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B.
Eames Demetrios
Eames Demetrios is an American filmmaker, author, and geographer of the fictional "Kcymaerxthaere" project, known for his work in storytelling, design, and public art installations.
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C.
Florence Knoll
Florence Knoll was an influential American architect and designer who revolutionized modern corporate interiors and co-led the Knoll furniture company’s rise to prominence in mid-20th-century design.
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D.
Alexander Girard
Alexander Girard was a prominent 20th-century American designer known for his vibrant, folk-inspired modernist textiles, interiors, and furniture, particularly for Herman Miller.
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E.
Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen was a Finnish-American architect renowned for his innovative, sculptural modernist designs, including landmarks such as the Gateway Arch in St. Louis and the TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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artist ⓘ designer ⓘ furniture designer ⓘ |
| birthName | Bernice Alexandra Kaiser ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| coFounded | Eames Office ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1912-12-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1988-08-21 ⓘ |
| designed |
Eames House interiors
ⓘ
linked to:
Eames House
Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman ⓘ Eames Molded Plastic Chair ⓘ
linked to:
Eames Molded Plywood Chair
Eames Molded Plywood Chair ⓘ textile patterns for Herman Miller ⓘ |
| employer | Eames Office ⓘ |
| ethnicity | German-American descent ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture-related design
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film and multimedia ⓘ furniture design ⓘ graphic design ⓘ industrial design ⓘ |
| fullName |
Bernice Alexandra Kaiser Eames
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linked to:
Ray Eames
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Bernice ⓘ |
| influenced |
mid-century modern furniture design
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postwar American design ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1941 ⓘ |
| movement |
Mid-century modern
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linked to:
Mid-century modern architecture
Modernism ⓘ |
| nickname | Ray ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Eames House (Case Study House No. 8)
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linked to:
Eames House
Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman ⓘ Eames Molded Plastic Chair ⓘ
linked to:
Eames Molded Plywood Chair
Eames Molded Plywood Chair ⓘ Plywood leg splints for the U.S. Navy ⓘ Powers of Ten (film) ⓘ exhibition design ⓘ graphic design ⓘ innovative furniture design ⓘ textile design ⓘ |
| partnerInWork | Charles Eames ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Sacramento, California, United States
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linked to:
Sacramento
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| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| residence | Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Charles Eames ⓘ |
| style |
functionalism
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organic design ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ray Eames Description of subject: Ray Eames was an influential American designer and artist best known for her groundbreaking furniture, industrial, and graphic design work created in partnership with her husband Charles Eames, which helped define mid-century modern style.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ray Eames